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Windows 8 HTC drivers ADB

I have scoured the internet and xda and have not found a solution. I am trying to unlock my bootloader, so I can install ROMs and whatnot, on my HTC One S. However, the device is not recognized by adb, even though the normal drivers are installed through HTC sync. I cannot install any additional driver through any other way.
Basically, I just need to know if anyone has a solution to getting the HTC One S to recognize with adb on Windows 8, or any alternate way to get a token.
I have done this many times before on windows 7, and even used adb for other devices on Windows 8, but cannot get the One S to read.
..and unfortunately my Windows 7 machine is in need of repair.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Adb still worked after I went from 7 to 8. Uninstall drivers and install android sdk which has required drivers. I've never used HTC sync due to its suckness. You can also google the download for just the drivers without any extra software. There are multiple devices that have adb drivers for download here on xda aswell.
Good hunting
But as far as driver compatibility nothing has changed since the update
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the drivers wont work until htc/Microsoft updates them. doesn't work on my windows 8 pro, I had to installed a virtual machine to get it to work with windows 7.

Definitely nofun that the htc drivers seem to be the big issues. Whendid not have trouble with the kindle orsamsung. Did update as much through the sdk, and tried manually installing the win 7 drivers, and more andno luck. So guess Ill be waiting.

Works for me on windows 8 pro....don't know what you are talking about
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Spastic909 said:
Works for me on windows 8 pro....don't know what you are talking about
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Thats good to hear that there is a way to get it working. What drivers did you install?

Are you looking for a driver that will work for when you are in bootloader? I used a Samsung driver and it worked fine.

mbh87 said:
Are you looking for a driver that will work for when you are in bootloader? I used a Samsung driver and it worked fine.
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I just installed the latest htc sync and all the drivers were good
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mikeyinid said:
I just installed the latest htc sync and all the drivers were good
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Did this allow detect in adb? not just for windows recognizing the device?

Ive come to find that adb will recognize the device, but not in fastboot mode. Which is the killer, cause thats the only mode I really need it to be recognized in.

I use both ADB and Fastboot on my W8, and never had a problem. Worst case scenario, if you install the drivers but you still have an exclamation mark next to the device in device manager, try and install the Android USB drivers on a W7 machine and copy the files on your W8. Then go to device manager and update the driver, and point to the folder you just copied. This should do.

Ruwin said:
I use both ADB and Fastboot on my W8, and never had a problem. Worst case scenario, if you install the drivers but you still have an exclamation mark next to the device in device manager, try and install the Android USB drivers on a W7 machine and copy the files on your W8. Then go to device manager and update the driver, and point to the folder you just copied. This should do.
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Already tried Used both windows 7 and windows vista drivers.
Oh well.

I installed the SDK and some hacked HBOOT drivers. Doesn't work. I'll have to try new methods

phoenixbennu said:
Ive come to find that adb will recognize the device, but not in fastboot mode. Which is the killer, cause thats the only mode I really need it to be recognized in.
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I've found in some pages that HTC has already uploaded their HTC Sync and that is now compatible with Windows 8. However, still not working for me in 8 Pro.
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Ruwin said:
I use both ADB and Fastboot on my W8, and never had a problem. Worst case scenario, if you install the drivers but you still have an exclamation mark next to the device in device manager, try and install the Android USB drivers on a W7 machine and copy the files on your W8. Then go to device manager and update the driver, and point to the folder you just copied. This should do.
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I've uploaded from W7 to W8 pro and my now I'm not able to find a driver that fits my computer. It's a very strange situation.

I have tried pretty much everything lol, its not worth it if you are installing a RUU then windows 8 suddenly stopped detecting your phone then you have a brick. I would just wait till htc releases drivers for windows 8. or installed windows 7 through VMware, like I did.

Just have the device for 1 day and had some issues. Is there any working solution for this? I've spend some time searching and reading, I tried alot of drivers (HTC, from android-sdk and so on)...with all the same issue. Windows 8 recognizes the device as My HTC BUT...adb doesn't. When issuing "adb devices" command, returned list is blank.
Finally I've installed recovery and unlocked on a Windows 7 machine but I don't want to do that each time I flash a ROM (and I flash alot).
Also short question... I didn't saw anywhere clearly stated but from what I've read, I understood there's no S-Off for One S right? I'm comming from Desire S and everything there was flawless.

It is working on my Windows 8 Pro without an issue. I installed the driver which comes together with the android sdk.
1. Open device manager
2. Select the android device with yellow sign
3. right click and select "Update Driver Software ..."
4. select browse my computer for driver software
5. select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
6. select have disc and browse for the "android_winusb.inf" in the android sdk folder
7. select Android ADB Interface and press next
8. select yes, ...
-> adb driver is installed and device should now work with adb.
Best regards,
dexi

dexi00 said:
It is working on my Windows 8 Pro without an issue. I installed the driver which comes together with the android sdk.
1. Open device manager
2. Select the android device with yellow sign
3. right click and select "Update Driver Software ..."
4. select browse my computer for driver software
5. select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
6. select have disc and browse for the "android_winusb.inf" in the android sdk folder
7. select Android ADB Interface and press next
8. select yes, ...
-> adb driver is installed and device should now work with adb.
Best regards,
dexi
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wbut i can't find android-winusb.inf in my sdk,
can you mention the folder's path?

I'm having same issue but on Win7 also tried many installs and uninstall of HTC drivers, still not recognized plus have my own thread which 2 members tried all they know also tried on my Dad's Vista with a no go? I found my computer recognized my device if u do this, power down ur device than restart ur computer while booting up plug in ur device and sometimes it recognizes it but not always staying connected
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I have Windows 8 Pro Media Center, install drive from htc sync manager from htc site, flashing fastboot, oem lock, etc seem to work in cmd. But odd was if i do adb devices, it just say something like "list device" i don't see my device number.. or i should use fastboot devices instead
Try this:
[Solution]Windows 8 - ADB/fastboot driver problem solved!!

No option to authorize RSA key

Title says it all... I'm trying to unlock my Nexus 5 boot loader, but I can't get USB debugging to work. Any ideas? I've tried two different computers
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thatguy97 said:
Title says it all... I'm trying to unlock my Nexus 5 boot loader, but I can't get USB debugging to work. Any ideas? I've tried two different computers
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There should be a prompt on your phone when you connect to a computer. If it doesn't show up, then try using the "Revoke usb authorisations" option and try again.
Accidental thanks. Enjoy.

thatguy97 said:
Title says it all... I'm trying to unlock my Nexus 5 boot loader, but I can't get USB debugging to work. Any ideas? I've tried two different computers
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Had the same issue. Solved it by enabling PTP in Settings - Storage - (menu button in the upper right) - USB-Connection.
After enabling PTP the Popup with RSA key appeared.
Hope I could help.

djcreature said:
Had the same issue. Solved it by enabling PTP in Settings - Storage - (menu button in the upper right) - USB-Connection.
After enabling PTP the Popup with RSA key appeared.
Hope I could help.
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I did sort of the same. I disabled MTP and didn't enable MTP and that worked. You might need to do a fresh install of the drivers.

You won't get the pop-up by just plugging it in and toggling USB Debug, etc. You need to open up a program that uses ADB (Like WugFresh) or a command prompt in the adb/fastboot folder and typing -> adb devices (or fastboot devices if in fastboot mode). I just revoked computer permissions and tried ticking and unticking everything, and I couldn't get the auth pop-up. As soon as I started WugFresh, the pop-up appeared on the phone to authorize.

Still no popup
I tried everything in this topic and I still don't get popup RSA key.. working with nexus5 4.4.2 and windows8 and WugFresh toolkit
Any idea?

gcej said:
I tried everything in this topic and I still don't get popup RSA key.. working with nexus5 4.4.2 and windows8 and WugFresh toolkit
Any idea?
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First of all, don't use toolkits... Please.
Make sure you have installed the correct drivers... Download Android sdk and make sure you have downloaded the usb_driver...
Go to developer options and revoke permissions, enable adb debugging... Now again connect your n5 to the PC and the a message should popup...

I had this problem because I was using an old version of adb
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Try using different drivers
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Use the third option in the driver installation window. Forgot what it was called but that was the only one that worked for me
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Universal Naked Drivers for Windows 8(8.1) - had the same issue myself. Was the only drivers I could get working on a Lenovo machine.

Help!!
I have tried everything with this, I reinstalled the usb google drivers countless times. I have redownloaded the SDK and have gotten no where, I even changed the connection to PTP. Someone please help!:crying:

Pure_Android said:
I have tried everything with this, I reinstalled the usb google drivers countless times. I have redownloaded the SDK and have gotten no where, I even changed the connection to PTP. Someone please help!:crying:
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Do you get the yellow exclamation mark in device manager on the port not working? I had a device where no matter what I couldn't get the pc to recognize it. What worked for me was to go to update drivers, then right below the area where you can browes for drivers is an area where you can choose drivers from a list on your computer. Go there and look for the android adb interface driver
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Help!
jd1639 said:
Do you get the yellow exclamation mark in device manager on the port not working? I had a device where no matter what I couldn't get the pc to recognize it. What worked for me was to go to update drivers, then right below the area where you can browes for drivers is an area where you can choose drivers from a list on your computer. Go there and look for the android adb interface driver
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No, It shows as
Android Device > Android Composite ADB Interface.

Pure_Android said:
No, It shows as
Android Device > Android Composite ADB Interface.
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Your drivers are set up correctly then. Have you authorized adb debugging in developer options?
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jd1639 said:
Your drivers are set up correctly then. Have you authorized adb debugging in developer options?
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Yes, I have USB Debugging enabled, I have unknown sources enabled, I even tried revoking the permissions to try and get the RSA certification but no luck

Pure_Android said:
Yes, I have USB Debugging enabled, I have unknown sources enabled, I even tried revoking the permissions to try and get the RSA certification but no luck
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Can you access the files on your phone from the pc? Are you on a custom Rom that may default to accepting the rsa?
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jd1639 said:
Can you access the files on your phone from the pc? Are you on a custom Rom that may default to accepting the rsa?
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Yes, I can access files, and no I am on stock, I'm attemting to root but this is whats blocking me from doing so

Pure_Android said:
Yes, I can access files, and no I am on stock, I'm attemting to root but this is whats blocking me from doing so
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If you can copy files to the phone from the pc, just copy the super su zip to your phone. Then flash it in a custom recovery
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Help!
jd1639 said:
If you can copy files to the phone from the pc, just copy the super su zip to your phone. Then flash it in a custom recovery
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The problem is, I have no root access, therefore it is till normal android. I need adb to root

Pure_Android said:
The problem is, I have no root access, therefore it is till normal android. I need adb to root
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You don't need adb to root. Can you copy files to your phone? If so, copy supers.zip to /sdcard/download. Then get a twrp.img file and you'll flash that in fastboot.
See this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47025283
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[Q] ADB Help

Please take your time to read this.I will keep it quite short, but try to understand my problem.
Ok so I am trying to enable USB debugging for my Nexus 5.But everytime I try to install the ADB driver, it says parameter is incorrect (I'm using windows vista).
At first, I didn't have the SDK installed, so I downloaded the 70 MB SDK Manager, and from there I downloaded the platform tools & google drivers, then I tried installing the drivers manually using the Device manager using both methods of locating the file manually using the have disk method and the locate the directory and include sub folders method..but both have failed to install the driver and it keeps saying the parameter is incorrect.
Suggestions?

Use a different driver from the one included in the SDK. Either use the USB driver package provided by lg(I did this and it went flawlessly) or use the "naked adb driver" which is a simple adb driver that should just work.(I used the former because the naked driver is third party and not properly signed, so it's a pain to install on windows 8)
Find either through a Google search.
Edit: nvm this guide includes the links required: http://www.theandroidsoul.com/nexus-5-driver-adb-fastboot-installation-guide/

biro2200 said:
Please take your time to read this.I will keep it quite short, but try to understand my problem.
Ok so I am trying to enable USB debugging for my Nexus 5.But everytime I try to install the ADB driver, it says parameter is incorrect (I'm using windows vista).
At first, I didn't have the SDK installed, so I downloaded the 70 MB SDK Manager, and from there I downloaded the platform tools & google drivers, then I tried installing the drivers manually using the Device manager using both methods of locating the file manually using the have disk method and the locate the directory and include sub folders method..but both have failed to install the driver and it keeps saying the parameter is incorrect.
Suggestions?
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uninstall driver and use this tool.

samersh72 said:
uninstall driver and use this tool.
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Tried it, still doesn't recognise my nexus 5 as ADB device, and windows still wants to install the driver for it & fails as well

biro2200 said:
Tried it, still doesn't recognise my nexus 5 as ADB device, and windows still wants to install the driver for it & fails as well
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i am sorry to ask this but are you having problem enabling usb debugging? did you activate developer option by tapping build number seven times?

Man this stuff gave me such a headache same issue here. But with fastboot. I had to manually update the drivers while the phone was plugged in. That's what messed me up.
First uninstall all drivers
While phone is on.
Update drivers with USB debugging enabled
While phone is in boatloader
Update again.
Adb and fastboot should work fine after that. Use one of the exe type drivers. Like LGS driver .exe than go into the device manager and update. Let the computer find the drivers.
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Delete Please!!!

Mod please delete!

Jiggs82 said:
Hey guys I followed the correct instructions and downloaded the correct files (cf auto root and Google drivers) but my PC can't find/detect my device and because of that when I run the windows command it stays on "waiting for device" and nothing happens. Is there something I did wrong? Do I need to download something else? Any help would be much appreciated
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I take it you have created a path in windows /android-sdk/platform-tools ?
Have you disabled usb driver signature authentication if you`re on Win8/8.1?
You could try removing the device in device manager and also uninstalll all drivers, then dis- and reconnect to the pc and install the google usb drivers from the sdk manualy.

ADB debugging enabled?

gee2012 said:
I take it you have created a path in windows /android-sdk/platform-tools ?
Have you disabled usb driver signature authentication if you`re on Win8/8.1?
You could try removing the device in device manager and also uninstalll all drivers, then dis- and reconnect to the pc and install the google usb drivers from the sdk manualy.
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Yes I have, this is not my first time rooting a device I own and I had downloaded the android sdks a few years ago so I really don't know what's going on and I'm on windows 7 smh lol

Jiggs82 said:
Yes I have, this is not my first time rooting a device I own and I had downloaded the android sdks a few years ago so I really don't know what's going on and I'm on windows 7 smh lol
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You might try installing the USB naked drivers 0.73 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...nt/adb-fb-apx-driver-universal-naked-t2513339.

[Q] Fail to see my Nexus 5 on Win7

Hi Guys,
I had a rooted 4.4.2 device, when I got the the 4.4.3 upgrade and I think that from then I cannot see my device on my laptop.
(I am not sure of that because I CAN see it on my work desktop...)
Anyway, whatever I do - I get the following results:
1. Device manager shows me under the "Portable Devices" the brance F:\
2. When I try to install new ADB drivers, it tells me that "WPD fileSystem volume driver" is the best for me...
Storage usb connection setting is set to be MTP.
Meanwhile, I cannot see my nexus 5 files on my laptop
Please assist, Thanks!!!

dushkin said:
Hi Guys,
I had a rooted 4.4.2 device, when I got the the 4.4.3 upgrade and I think that from then I cannot see my device on my laptop.
(I am not sure of that because I CAN see it on my work desktop...)
Anyway, whatever I do - I get the following results:
1. Device manager shows me under the "Portable Devices" the brance F:\
2. When I try to install new ADB drivers, it tells me that "WPD fileSystem volume driver" is the best for me...
Storage usb connection setting is set to be MTP.
Meanwhile, I cannot see my nexus 5 files on my laptop
Please assist, Thanks!!!
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Delete the device in device manager and then let it find it again.
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Thanks
If you mean to uninstall it, then I did it couple of times, and now again when the device was disconnected. Then I reconnected the device to the USB port, and scanned the deice manager for changes.
I got the same result - see attachement.

Delete then reboot both devices. Connect phone again. If same, delete device and reboot phone whilst still connected
If that fails, delete and use "universal naked driver"
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dushkin said:
If you mean to uninstall it, then I did it couple of times, and now again when the device was disconnected. Then I reconnected the device to the USB port, and scanned the deice manager for changes.
I got the same result - see attachement.
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Never seen that before. Your drivers obviously aren't set up right. Google 15 second adb drivers xda and use that to install the drivers. It'll also set up adb/fastboot which you may or may not need. It gives you the option
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jd1639 said:
Never seen that before. Your drivers obviously aren't set up right. Google 15 second adb drivers xda and use that to install the drivers. It'll also set up adb/fastboot which you may or may not need. It gives you the option
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No need google.. Section 1b of the resources thread in my signature
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Are you trying to use ADB mode? If so, and it's not recognizing the device, try using ADB Driver Installer. It worked for me.

dushkin said:
Hi Guys,
I had a rooted 4.4.2 device, when I got the the 4.4.3 upgrade and I think that from then I cannot see my device on my laptop.
(I am not sure of that because I CAN see it on my work desktop...)
Anyway, whatever I do - I get the following results:
1. Device manager shows me under the "Portable Devices" the brance F:\
2. When I try to install new ADB drivers, it tells me that "WPD fileSystem volume driver" is the best for me...
Storage usb connection setting is set to be MTP.
Meanwhile, I cannot see my nexus 5 files on my laptop
Please assist, Thanks!!!
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I had a similar issue. In order to get my Windows 7 laptop to recognize my N5, I first turned off USB Degugging then connected my N5 to the laptop. Then it showed up.
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optimummind said:
I had a similar issue. In order to get my Windows 7 laptop to recognize my N5, I first turned off USB Degugging then connected my N5 to the laptop. Then it showed up.
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It's supposed to work fine even with it on, at least it did when I had it on. Tested on Win 7, 8, 8.1 and 8.1U1 lol. I never had any issues with USB ever.
Or use Linux, it'll work right away..

It's not set to Camera (PTP) instead of Media Device (MTP) ?

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Guys.
Thank you all for your kind help.
I tried at least most of your advises - but there were no joy...
I think that the best I should do now is somehow clean up my system from old drivers and related installations.
So, taking aside the option of reinstalling windows, can you share with me some procedures that will enable me to get rid of all old drivers and files and to reach a state of a clean system, so I can then start reinstalling the drivers again?
Thanks a lot!

Well... here is the solution!!!!
https://www.topnotchtablets.com/FixUSBproblems
dushkin said:
Guys.
Thank you all for your kind help.
I tried at least most of your advises - but there were no joy...
I think that the best I should do now is somehow clean up my system from old drivers and related installations.
So, taking aside the option of reinstalling windows, can you share with me some procedures that will enable me to get rid of all old drivers and files and to reach a state of a clean system, so I can then start reinstalling the drivers again?
Thanks a lot!
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I have similar problems, and as many times as ive tried to uninstall and reinstall i cannot access it from my 1 laptop. However, another laptop connects fine to it- even though i used the same drivers on both laptops. thats the only way i was able to get it to work for me.
dushkin said:
Hi Guys,
I had a rooted 4.4.2 device, when I got the the 4.4.3 upgrade and I think that from then I cannot see my device on my laptop.
(I am not sure of that because I CAN see it on my work desktop...)
Anyway, whatever I do - I get the following results:
1. Device manager shows me under the "Portable Devices" the brance F:\
2. When I try to install new ADB drivers, it tells me that "WPD fileSystem volume driver" is the best for me...
Storage usb connection setting is set to be MTP.
Meanwhile, I cannot see my nexus 5 files on my laptop
Please assist, Thanks!!!
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