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[SOLVED] Rooting Nexus S <recovery wont stick>

I missed out something i think.
I have my sdk, with those files.
I went to cmd and type the commant
bla bla bla
fastboot devices >>> no error, means connected
fastboot oem unlock
>>>> it is connected but why it still waiting for my device?
I added the path to the system too, but still cant get rid of
I search the net and I cant get the solution.
Any idea anyone?

What drivers did you install? And yes, I read the "fastboot devices"

installed everyhing...
samsung adb + google package
samsung driver
pdanet

Phone has to be in bootloader mode?
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yup.. it is in volume up + on mode.

If you plug your NS in and look in the Device Manager, do you see an unknown device with the question mark? If so, you should try to manually install the driver located in android-sdk-windows\extras\google\usb_driver
And when you issue the command
Code:
fastboot devices
It should display your NS device id, not just a blank line.

melvinchng said:
installed everyhing...
samsung adb + google package
samsung driver
pdanet
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"samsung" driver... no
you use the drivers obtained from the Android SDK or PDAnet
Pretty much what suksit said.

Try pdanet! Last place i go y find drivers
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I tried sdk driver, pdanet driver. I can't unknown driver, it is listed as android. Means my phone is found by computer
I have android 2. 3. 4. Does it effect?
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Just curious, did you enabled the option in Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging?
In Device Manger it should say something like "Android Composite ADB Interface"

I enabled it too... maybe I will try to reinstall and root it via my XP in VM.
I rooted my wildfire with this pc last time, maybe the drive mixed up.
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Just noticed that your location is in Malaysia. Could it happen that you have the i9023 (SLCD) model? If that's the case then I think you should try this.

Ya, I bought slcd set.
I will try it tomorrow at night and report back to you guys.
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It is really strange. Tried everything and won't work.
Pdanet detected my device that it is connected to computer, but it just show wait for device.
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Edit: my full charge is 95%, it is normal right?
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melvinchng said:
Ya, I bought slcd set.
Edit: my full charge is 95%, it is normal right?
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Yeah thats normal, Samsung did some weird battery calibration thing!
However people here have found to get 100% or close to it.
When charging just leave screen on for 1 hour and have tethered wifi On, so far im charging full up to 98%, just waiting to squeeze in the last 2%.....could take awhile.
and yeah the 95% charge is normal. heres a explanation in further detail
Your battery gauge is lying to you (and it's not such a bad thing)

make sure u have following dlls in fastboot folder
AdbWinUsbApi
AdbWinApi

j0l6 said:
make sure u have following dlls in fastboot folder
AdbWinUsbApi
AdbWinApi
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i have these in tools. and still waiting for device.
anyone any idea?

I forgot to tell you guys that my windows is 64-bit
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Try this or this then (the latter is quite hard to read anyway, I think they messed up the code formatting)

Unlocked bootloader!
thanks!
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melvinchng said:
I haven't root yet.
After I root, my storage and Rom will be wipe? So I need to install new Rom?
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Rooting will add su binary and Superuser app to your NS. But your data will be wiped (both on phone and SD card) when you unlock the bootloader -- it's the same as doing a factory reset. However, your system partition will not be affected so no need to install new ROM if you prefer using stock.

help! i accidently formated everything!

i got a new phone and was going to give my old ns4g to my sister but i wanted to give it to her without all my crap on it.. anyways i accidently formatted EVERYTHING and now i dont know how to get a rom back on it. please help!
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What happens when u turn phone on?
Nothing?
Something?
The more info the better.
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it just shows the google boot animation with an unlocked lock.. thats it. dont reboot just stays like that
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oh, and i can boot into clockworkmod recovery.. i tried to sideload or adb install but it says no device found
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luciferii said:
oh, and i can boot into clockworkmod recovery.. i tried to sideload or adb install but it says no device found
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Are you able to mount to windows when connected to usb in recovery?
Also what happens when you power it on holding both power + volume (bootloader mode)?

luciferii said:
oh, and i can boot into clockworkmod recovery.. i tried to sideload or adb install but it says no device found
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Go to mounts & storage
Then mount USB.
If that works then ur golden!
Download a ROM & gapps....then flash it
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Another option is to use nexus toolkit to flash stock firmware this will return to stock nice and new for little sis
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984858
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A Thanx Is Appreciated!!

ive tried all the suggestions with no luck. i tried mounting usb and connecting it to the pc but it doesnt do anything. and once again i hooked it up to the pc and tried using adb install, push, sideload, etc and each command says no device connected. any other suggestions?
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luciferii said:
ive tried all the suggestions with no luck. i tried mounting usb and connecting it to the pc but it doesnt do anything. and once again i hooked it up to the pc and tried using adb install, push, sideload, etc and each command says no device connected. any other suggestions?
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reinstall drivers and check that when u plug it in, the pc is seeing the nexus go to device manager and see if its recognized mand doesnt have an exclamation sign, if there is one, while plugged in, reinstall the drivers
to learn how to install drivers and getting the correct files: http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/
or try to flash stock via fastboot (maybe u will need to reinstall the drives, just check if its recognized under device manager):
little tutorial i made for another guy once (sorry my english and accent): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10_N_vV-7NQ&list=UUTsL8yOHOK7IUQl2tsKId5A&index=1
xda tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307&highlight=stock
eventhough in the thread they say u need java sdk and all that u only need fastboot file and the rom image donwloaded the google dev website

luciferii said:
ive tried all the suggestions with no luck. i tried mounting usb and connecting it to the pc but it doesnt do anything. and once again i hooked it up to the pc and tried using adb install, push, sideload, etc and each command says no device connected. any other suggestions?
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Well I hope when u say "it doesn't do anything" that u weren't expecting something to pop up on the screen. If it mounts u can only tell by clicking.... My computer then drive "___" its probably drive f or g.
If it pops up then ur good. Add the ROM & gapps.
But worse case do what the previous post suggests.
Good luck
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Not being seen by pc... Kinda? - SOLVED

I've unlocked, rooted and flashed linaro kernel. So my phone does/has been recognised fine by my pc.
But when I plugged it in earlier for mtp mode the phone recognised being plugged in but the pc didn't? If i switched it to camera mode the pc then recognised. But then switching it back and still nothing? Any ideas?
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Ben36 said:
I've unlocked, rooted and flashed linaro kernel. So my phone does/has been recognised fine by my pc.
But when I plugged it in earlier for mtp mode the phone recognised being plugged in but the pc didn't? If i switched it to camera mode the pc then recognised. But then switching it back and still nothing? Any ideas?
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Goto Devices and Printers and see if Nexus 5 is there. Sometimes it has a yellow triangle on it. If so right mouse and troubleshoot.

This happened to me too. This is what I did to fix it. I was on windows 8 btw. I used wugfresh's toolkit to manually install raw drivers. If you do use windows just follow the instructions on steps to install them. You may use Mac or Ubuntu for I know lol. In that case I would search for those tookits. They may have similar method of driver installations. I used the composite driver that came with the toolkit and it worked right after installation. I even unlocked my bootloader in the process too so adb and fastboot worked too. good luck.

wyrman said:
Goto Devices and Printers and see if Nexus 5 is there. Sometimes it has a yellow triangle on it. If so right mouse and troubleshoot.
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I can't find this option? I'm on xp?
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Ben36 said:
I can't find this option? I'm on xp?
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Try Control Panel... Devices and Printers. Or Control Panel - Hardware and Sound - Devices and Printers

Found it, it says mtp with an exclamation mark and no drivers installed?
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Ben36 said:
Found it, it says mtp with an exclamation mark and no drivers installed?
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DL google adb drivers and put them in a folder. Click on the device in device manager and choose install from computer. Select the drivers. That should clear it up.

Ben36 said:
Found it, it says mtp with an exclamation mark and no drivers installed?
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Alot of times you can right mouse the device and troubleshoot. It will put the drivers back in. Another way is to delete that device and reboot. When you plug your phone into the usb it should load drivers.

theesotericone said:
DL google adb drivers and put them in a folder. Click on the device in device manager and choose install from computer. Select the drivers. That should clear it up.
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Nope, still says cannot install the hardware?
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Toggle USB Debugging . Worked for me. If we have the community or ADB driver this might be the issue?
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Ben36 said:
Nope, still says cannot install the hardware?
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Well then? Sorry man it has always worked for me. I'd try rebooting the comp then doing it again. If that doesn't work Ubuntu is free. lol

rye&ginger said:
Toggle USB Debugging . Worked for me. If we have the community or ADB driver this might be the issue?
I'm using the PDA.net drivers included with the Nexus Root Toolkit. The Universal drivers didn't work for me (Windows 7 pro x64bit). I also had to toggle the USB Debugging.
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Ben36 said:
Nope, still says cannot install the hardware?
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Device Manager. Uninstall that device and reboot. Plug your phone back in and it shud install the drivers

Tried, still nothing.
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Ben36 said:
Tried, still nothing.
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So MTP is no longer in Device Manager?

Nope its vanished and the phone still isn't recognised by the pc. And now if I try a toolkit and tell it to reboot to recovery it says not device found even though the device says it's plugged in with usb debugging enabled
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Ben36 said:
Nope its vanished and the phone still isn't recognised by the pc. And now if I try a toolkit and tell it to reboot to recovery it says not device found even though the device says it's plugged in with usb debugging enabled
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I haven't used XP for quite awhile bud. Shud be under Devices that you can scan to see it it will get picked up.
---------- Post added at 05:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:51 PM ----------
Are you using the USB cable that came with the phone bud?
Debugging off. Here's a link
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/N-QCblB5gKQ

Someone in that link mentioned the mtp option on the N5 . where is this option please?
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Ben36 said:
Someone in that link mentioned the mtp option on the N5 . where is this option please?
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Settings/storage. Choose 3dot menu. Also, have you used USBDeview http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/USBDeview,0301-13254.html to be sure all Android USB drivers have been removed?
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In case you didn't understand the above.
Settings > Storage then click on the menu (3 dots on upper right screen corner) and USB computer connection. voila, you are now in the USB connection settings and can enable MTP/PTP again.

[Please Help]-Nexus 5 Soft brick

The Problem with my Nexus 5 is that when ever i boot my Nexus 5 up it stays stuck in the Google Logo With the Unlocked Icon on the bottom. Also, whenever i go into bootloader and i go to my Recovery Mode (Using CWR) I cleared my Cache and Dalvik Cache, Reboot and it doesn't Fix it. Since I Have Android SDK and Android Debug Bridge (ADB) on my PC i tried to reinstall Android Lollipop on my Nexus 5 And for some odd reason in the bootloader screen I plugged in my Nexus 5 to my PC, but my PC does not want to Recognize my Nexus 5, and when i run the Flash-all.bat it say's, "< waiting for device >", when i do have my Nexus 5 Plugged in.
If there's anyway you can help my solve this please tell me!
Thank's in advance! :victory:

Grim. said:
The Problem with my Nexus 5 is that when ever i boot my Nexus 5 up it stays stuck in the Google Logo With the Unlocked Icon on the bottom. Also, whenever i go into bootloader and i go to my Recovery Mode (Using CWR) I cleared my Cache and Dalvik Cache, Reboot and it doesn't Fix it. Since I Have Android SDK and Android Debug Bridge (ADB) on my PC i tried to reinstall Android Lollipop on my Nexus 5 And for some odd reason in the bootloader screen I plugged in my Nexus 5 to my PC, but my PC does not want to Recognize my Nexus 5, and when i run the Flash-all.bat it say's, "< waiting for device >", when i do have my Nexus 5 Plugged in.
If there's anyway you can help my solve this please tell me!
Thank's in advance! :victory:
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i suggest that you download and install the nexus root toolkit v.205 from wugfresh and restore your device
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Thank's!
vakkah said:
i suggest that you download and install the nexus root toolkit v.205 from wugfresh and restore your device
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Thank's for your Help!
Right After I fixed it and taking a look at the OS it Hard-Bricked XD.
Talk about Very bad luck. Don't worry fixing it.

vakkah said:
i suggest that you download and install the nexus root toolkit v.205 from wugfresh and restore your device
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Right After I fixed it and taking a look at the OS it Hard-Bricked XD.
Talk about Very bad luck. Don't worry fixing it.
Can't Fix it. I found out that It's Impossible to fix... hhh.
If you can is there any chance i can fix it. You're my only hope.

Grim. said:
Since I Have Android SDK and Android Debug Bridge (ADB) on my PC i tried to reinstall Android Lollipop on my Nexus 5 And for some odd reason in the bootloader screen I plugged in my Nexus 5 to my PC, but my PC does not want to Recognize my Nexus 5, and when i run the Flash-all.bat it say's, "< waiting for device >", when i do have my Nexus 5 Plugged in.
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All the drivers installed? Try a different usb port and a different cable, some cables are charge only.

peachpuff said:
All the drivers installed? Try a different usb port and a different cable, some cables are charge only.
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if you can are still able to get into fastboot/download mode on your nexus 5, then please download and install the nexus root toolkit by wugfresh available on xda at this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
and follow the automated prompts..
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Nexus is Amazing!
vakkah said:
i suggest that you download and install the nexus root toolkit v.205 from wugfresh and restore your device
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DUDE, I held my power button for about 15 long-seconds and the device turned on like it wasn't Hard-Bricked O.O? After i had confirmed that my Nexus 5 had no signs of life by going to sprint and showing them my device, i held it's Power button for a Long time as a last resort and it just came back to life?!??! Can ANYONE Explain this, or is my phone a God? Also, my volume down rocker broke after i was pressing it really hard at an attempt to go to Recovery Mode, Then it started working when i showed it to my Bro'. Is my Phone normal?

oneplus one hardbrick doesnt show as QHSUSB_BULK,unable to install qualcom2012 driver

I bricked my Oneplus One while flashing CM11 via fastboot using manual commands on cmd.
After giving all the commands for fastboot flash, during reboot the phone did not reboot and it just got bricked.
The big issue with the brick is that the phone is not being recognized as QHSUSB_BULK but it is showing as Unrecognised Device ... i am not able to update the drivers to qualcom 2012 the windows is giving an error as "Windows was unable to install your unknown device".
I've turned on the Testing Mode to install unsigned drivers and the gpedit policy to stop windows automatically installing drivers is also enabled. Also i've changed the setting in control panel Devices and printers -> Device Installation Settings to "Let me choose what to do "and "never install driver software from windows update".
Still the problem persists Please HELP Me.

praik96 said:
I bricked my Oneplus One while flashing CM11 via fastboot using manual commands on cmd.
After giving all the commands for fastboot flash, during reboot the phone did not reboot and it just got bricked.
The big issue with the brick is that the phone is not being recognized as QHSUSB_BULK but it is showing as Unrecognised Device ... i am not able to update the drivers to qualcom 2012 the windows is giving an error as "Windows was unable to install your unknown device".
I've turned on the Testing Mode to install unsigned drivers and the gpedit policy to stop windows automatically installing drivers is also enabled. Also i've changed the setting in control panel Devices and printers -> Device Installation Settings to "Let me choose what to do "and "never install driver software from windows update".
Still the problem persists Please HELP Me.
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Okay,calm down!
Which windows are you using? Are you sure you're not able to boot to fastboot mode?

I'm using windows 8.1 64bit version.
Mr.Ak said:
Okay,calm down!
Which windows are you using? Are you sure you're not able to boot to fastboot mode?
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When i press power button + vol. up for 10sec the windows recognizes the device but shows it as Unknown Device and then the Driver Update is not being done. What should i do?

praik96 said:
What should i do?
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Did you even read my question?
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faced that too a while ago, try to use win 7 ( best is xp ) with driver signature thing off, now google hardbrick opo recovery and u will find a website with the steps along with a mi flaasher tool for windows , now download the color os hradbrick recovery zip and also the latest cos 13.1.2 fastboot zip.
U willl eb able to bring back ur opo to life by using that color os zip along with the mi flasher tool but then the screeen behaves really weird ( happened to me )
but everything got normal after i flashed the cos 13.1.2 zip by fastboot

Kartike said:
faced that too a while ago, try to use win 7 ( best is xp ) with driver signature thing off, now google hardbrick opo recovery and u will find a website with the steps along with a mi flaasher tool for windows , now download the color os hradbrick recovery zip and also the latest cos 13.1.2 fastboot zip.
U willl eb able to bring back ur opo to life by using that color os zip along with the mi flasher tool but then the screeen behaves really weird ( happened to me )
but everything got normal after i flashed the cos 13.1.2 zip by fastboot
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That's why I was asking him about which windows he use.Windows XP is hassle free for this driver's issue.
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Mr.Ak said:
That's why I was asking him about which windows he use.Windows XP is hassle free for this driver's issue.
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I'm using windows 8.1, earlier i mentioned it in the title.

praik96 said:
I'm using windows 8.1, earlier i mentioned it in the title.
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find a Xp system and you'll not have any issues.
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Mr.Ak said:
find a Xp system and you'll not have any issues.
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If i install xp on my laptop via dual boot and what drivers will i need other than Qualcom 2012 ? or the xp's inbuilt windows driver will do the trick along with Qualcom 2012 drivers?

praik96 said:
If i install xp on my laptop via dual boot and what drivers will i need other than Qualcom 2012 ? or the xp's inbuilt windows driver will do the trick along with Qualcom 2012 drivers?
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Yes qualcomm 2012 drivers will work just fine.
Make sure you launch the tool with administrator rights.It may take a few refresh and try before flashing starts but it works.
You don't need adb drivers here because this tool uses usb debugging port instead of fastboot/adb.
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You should download One Plus USB drivers.
If you prefer you should use One Plus Toolkit.

Mr.Ak said:
Yes qualcomm 2012 drivers will work just fine.
Make sure you launch the tool with administrator rights.It may take a few refresh and try before flashing starts but it works.
You don't need adb drivers here because this tool uses usb debugging port instead of fastboot/adb.
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Can anyone direct me to safest way to dual boot windows xp s3 on windows 8.1 already installed with UEFI mode?
I dont want to end up with screwing my laptop too.

praik96 said:
Can anyone direct me to safest way to dual boot windows xp s3 on windows 8.1 already installed with UEFI mode?
I dont want to end up with screwing my laptop too.
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Youtube
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Mr.Ak said:
Yes qualcomm 2012 drivers will work just fine.
Make sure you launch the tool with administrator rights.It may take a few refresh and try before flashing starts but it works.
You don't need adb drivers here because this tool uses usb debugging port instead of fastboot/adb.
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Tip1: Use correct usb cable.
I thought the error was is usb drivers but it seems that the error was in usb cable. I lost my oneplus usb cable quite a while ago and was using third party usb cable for data transfer and charging. Tried to connect the bricked OPO with that cable only.
Just ought to try connected with different cable here used Amazon Basics micro usb cable and VOILA!!! The drivers were automatically installed by windows this time.It worked on current windows 8.1. Dont know it was luck or really dumb choice of USB cable.
But thank you very much for helping me out.