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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!!

[Q] Windows 8 / HTC Sync problems

Hello @ all,
I installed Windows 8 Pro and am now trying to sync my phone with HTC Sync. I currently use Android Revolution HD 6.8.0. With Windows 7 I had no problems.
What I did:
- install Full HTC Sync
- then I had no connection to my phone, I read in other threads that I have to manually install the Win7 drivers. Then Windows recognized my phone.
- Start Sync
- confugured Sync to sync my contacts and calendar
- then it started to sync and seems to stop after more than 5 minutes syncinc
- I aborted the sync and restarted HTC Sync
- I saw, that my contacts were synced, calendar too
- When I now try to sync once more it starts to sync but after some seconds HTC Sync crashes without any message...
Does someone know where the problem is?

whos using that crap software anyway? get MyPhoneExplorer :good:

dbsoundz said:
Hello @ all,
I installed Windows 8 Pro and am now trying to sync my phone with HTC Sync. I currently use Android Revolution HD 6.8.0. With Windows 7 I had no problems.
What I did:
- install Full HTC Sync
- then I had no connection to my phone, I read in other threads that I have to manually install the Win7 drivers. Then Windows recognized my phone.
- Start Sync
- confugured Sync to sync my contacts and calendar
- then it started to sync and seems to stop after more than 5 minutes syncinc
- I aborted the sync and restarted HTC Sync
- I saw, that my contacts were synced, calendar too
- When I now try to sync once more it starts to sync but after some seconds HTC Sync crashes without any message...
Does someone know where the problem is?
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Hi,
You can try using the windows 7 & 8 drivers.
Look HERE

Thanks for your hep!
That are already the drivers I installed...

Thanks so much
malybru said:
Hi,
You can try using the windows 7 & 8 drivers.
Look HERE
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You wouldn't believe how long it's taken me to find these! Finally! Worked a charm on Win 8 with the latest version of HTC Sync (which completely failed to install any drivers for the phone!)

dbsoundz said:
Thanks for your hep!
That are already the drivers I installed...
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Install HTC Sync Manager. Works with HTC Sensation for me,

malybru said:
Hi,
You can try using the windows 7 & 8 drivers.
Look HERE
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Finally! These worked for my Incredible 2. Been hunting around for the drivers since the usual install HTC Sync to get drivers method wasn't working. Thanks!

Windows 8 Sync problems
As far as sync of outlook items look at Akruto.com Perfect solution without any acounts etc.
Love it!!!

where to put this files?
malybru said:
Hi,
You can try using the windows 7 & 8 drivers.
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where to put those files?

xaiury said:
where to put those files?
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Hi,
Unpack the zip to your desktop.
Go into bootloader,then, fastboot and plug in your usb.
On your PC,go into device manager,and click on Android device.
Click update drivers,and browse to desktop.

This might help others, but for me I could only get the bootloader driver to load in a USB 2.0 port. On the USB 3.0 it loaded but had an error every time.

marky9074 said:
This might help others, but for me I could only get the bootloader driver to load in a USB 2.0 port. On the USB 3.0 it loaded but had an error every time.
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if i remember well most users had errors when using usb 3.0 ports
any stuff here is still working only with 2.0 usb ports
if i am not wrong

rzr86 said:
if i remember well most users had errors when using usb 3.0 ports
any stuff here is still working only with 2.0 usb ports
if i am not wrong
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Restore Windows 7 - issue resolved and your PC will thank you.

Solved - easy
Well it looks like HTC are a bit slack packaging all the correct bits for HTC Sync ..
I solved this by..
1. First deleted all the HTC components
2. install the new HTC Sync Manager sw (it has bits that HTC Sync can use, like HTC Driver Installer that will actually install)
3. then installi HTC Sync. (It will figure out what it needs and wont re install bits that got loaded in step2)
4. You may then like to open HTC sync and say OK to the Adobie Air (not esential)
5. Plug in the Phone by USB as usual and it should now find HTC Sync
Good luck, .and hope this helps someone.
ps, My Phone was a Sensation
Someone else may like to figure out what can then be uninstalled from HTC Sync Manager and still allow HTC Sync to keep running???

HTC drivers for Windows 8 are pretty bad right now, I think.
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snewby said:
Well it looks like HTC are a bit slack packaging all the correct bits for HTC Sync ..
I solved this by..
1. First deleted all the HTC components
2. install the new HTC Sync Manager sw (it has bits that HTC Sync can use, like HTC Driver Installer that will actually install)
3. then installi HTC Sync. (It will figure out what it needs and wont re install bits that got loaded in step2)
4. You may then like to open HTC sync and say OK to the Adobie Air (not esential)
5. Plug in the Phone by USB as usual and it should now find HTC Sync
Good luck, .and hope this helps someone.
ps, My Phone was a Sensation
Someone else may like to figure out what can then be uninstalled from HTC Sync Manager and still allow HTC Sync to keep running???
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Has anyone managed to get this method working on an incredible s?

Win8 driver installation, no dodgy download method
Guys;
Don't know if this is thread is already outdated, but here is how I got it to work:
Win 8 HTC Drivers without HTC Sync, and getting the driver to install on Win 8.
1. download the latest HTC Sync tool
2. run it - first window sorts out installing prerequisites. Allow this to happen
3. if, like me, you get the '''HTC Driver failed, do you want to continue?''' message, stop there do not click anything
4. In the %temp% user profile area, you will be able to find the source files it just unpacked, including the HTCDriver file.
5. the HTC Driver file for me was HTCDriver_4.0.1.001_20121107.exe. Copy this somewhere else out of this folder.
6. go back to the installer, click no. The files in the %temp% folder will be deleted, which is why we needed step 5.
7. you will find (if you are like me) this exe will not work, it will complain about a transform being missing. Do not click anything, it will sit there.
8. using explorer or CMD.EXE find the file HTCDriver.msi. The EXE unloads that into the %temp% area too. Copy that away somewhere as the exe will remove all the files it deploys when it ends too.
9. run the found MSI file directly.
10. successful driver deployment.
11. Cancel HTC Sync application which you left in step 3 (unless you want it!)
What a bunch of a$$ but it worked this way, without downloading the outdated (and non win8 compatible drivers) from http://www.clockworkmod.com/tether/drivers and from other forums where the driver files are uploaded to other unknown (untrustworthy?) hosting sites.
Good luck!

but they are not working

i have new htc one and i am also new on android.i had an iphone5 and really bored with it anymore.windows 8 is running on my pc..i installed htc sync on my pc and connect my device to computer wirt usb cable but it says doesnt recognize my device.i didnt understand why it is so hard a htc software recognize a htc device,can anyone tell me why it is happening?

You should probably post this in the HTC one forum section here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2117
Most of us don't know very much about the HTC one since this is an HTC sensation forum.
Sent from my HTC Sensation

[TUTORIAL][ADB][WINDOWS 8]Connect HTC explorer to windows 8 and use adb

Hello friends,
This is my first tutorial on this forum and wishing to help my buddies overcome a simple issue I've been facing for many days after coming to windows 8... I am a regular Android App developer and when i started using Windows 8, I observed that the default adb interface couldnt detect my phone.
After a lot of searching here and there, I realized, that there is something missing. So here comes the way to connect our baby droid to the all new windows 8 -
THINGS YOU NEED -
HTC Sync latest 3.21.1
ADT - you can download this from android site.
and this file
NOW HERE COMES THE PROCESS -
1. Download and install HTC sync.
2. Unzip the ADT and add the platform tools folder to your environment path
3. Unzip the file downloaded from link above. Basically its the google usb driver.
4. Now go to device manager and see your phone should be listed as an unknown device.
5. Now find "Android Phone" with a yellow error sign in front. It will be expanded by default.
6. Right click on it and select update driver.
7. Select browse my computer.
8. Link to the folder where you extracted the google usb drivers in step 3. Check the subfolder.
9. Click next. It'll display a warning. Select Install anyway.
10. Completed.
11. You may now download SDK and ADB.
Hope this would be helpful in someway or other.... :highfive::highfive::good:

Is it necessary?
Do we really need HTC sync if we are on a custom rom?

Idea of htc sync is to have htc drivers, it is even recommended to stop htc sync when doing something with adb

shortyoko said:
Idea of htc sync is to have htc drivers, it is even recommended to stop htc sync when doing something with adb
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Yes htc sync is not needed, but sometimes I see that if my phone is not being detected on adb and i turn on htc sync and keep it aside, my phone gets detected. So I am also a bit confused if this is at all needed or not...

just update htc sync (in case if it is not ) cuz i did the same and my phone got detected in windows 8

[Q] Error Installing MTP for HTC One S C2 on Windows XP SP3

Hi,
So I have tried each and every method I could search on the InterWebs.
I am trying to connect my HTC One S C2 (villec2) on Stock 4.1.1 Sense 4+ latest firmware
with Windows XP SP3, Latest HTCDriver_4.2.0.001 are installed. Yes Windows Media Player 11 in installed and NO it does not detect the device either.
ADB works. Windows detects the CD Drive with HTC Sync Manager but no MTP.
There isn't an option available for USB Mass Storage and I don't want to root just yet and I don't have Windows 7
I have tried entering:
%GenericMTP.DeviceDesc%=MTP, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0DF8&MI_00
in both wpdmtp.inf and wpdmtphw.inf files.
And I have also tried updating the MTP device driver manually by using the "Have Disk" method.
I am at a loss. If someone can help me, please tell me a way to make MTP work on WINDOWS XP!!! PLEASE!! :crying:

Help anyone? No one?

I had similar problem with MTP have Win7 and One S (ville) I resolved my problem with this software USBDevView:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html
-First uninstall your actual HTC driver (reboot PC)
-Download latest HTC Sync Manager which include latest driver 4.10.0.001
-Install HTC Sync Manager then uninstall it keep only the driver on your PC (reboot)
-You can delete with the software above all trace of HTC driver and old trace of all connected device to your PC (reboot)
for this launch the software with admin rights then for delete select the line with the same "Device name" then right click>"Uninstall Selected Device"
Be careful what you delete in the usb devices list delete one line at time! I know you have WinXP but I hope this help anyway!
To found more easier your devices in the list you can download this file usb.ids to have VendorID/ProductID (place it in soft. folder)
http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids

Cyclu said:
I had similar problem with MTP have Win7 and One S (ville) I resolved my problem with this software USBDevView:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html
-First uninstall your actual HTC driver (reboot PC)
-Download latest HTC Sync Manager which include latest driver 4.10.0.001
-Install HTC Sync Manager then uninstall it keep only the driver on your PC (reboot)
-You can deface with the software above all trace of HTC driver and old trace of all connected device to your PC (reboot)
for this launch the software with admin rights then for deface select the device>right click>Uninstall Selected Device
Careful what you deface in the usb device list! I know you have WinXP I hope this help anyway!
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What do you mean by "deface"?
And why would I uninstall the device?
I will look into the above mentioned software and reply back.

AiZ_04 said:
What do you mean by "deface"?
And why would I uninstall the device?
I will look into the above mentioned software and reply back.
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Sorry bad translation I write deface instead delete it mean unistall selected device driver.
Yes the name "Uninstall selected device" may confuse but this function uninstall all trace of the device driver.
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[Q] No ADB access

Have Windows 7 64-bit, and had no issues using adb commands with my M7 HTC One. No matter what, I cannot get the same laptop to recognize my M8 to issue ADB commands. adb devices shows no device. Made sure HTC Sync/Samsung Keis/etc. wasn't installed. Update Android SDK to latest versions. Tried to install the HTC One M8 "Toolkit" and update drivers there.
Any ideas? Not sure if I should be getting the security popup on my phone to trust the PC connection, but that's not happening even though USB Debugging is enabled on the phone. I can provide more information if needed.

WorldOfJohnboy said:
Have Windows 7 64-bit, and had no issues using adb commands with my M7 HTC One. No matter what, I cannot get the same laptop to recognize my M8 to issue ADB commands. adb devices shows no device. Made sure HTC Sync/Samsung Keis/etc. wasn't installed. Update Android SDK to latest versions. Tried to install the HTC One M8 "Toolkit" and update drivers there.
Any ideas? Not sure if I should be getting the security popup on my phone to trust the PC connection, but that's not happening even though USB Debugging is enabled on the phone. I can provide more information if needed.
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I too had trouble getting my M8 drivers to install correctly. When the adb devices command returns nothing that means your drivers aren't installed. Open your device manager in Windows (open start menu then search device manager) and see if under your devices it shows a yellow triangle next to your device. If it does then drivers aren't installed correctly. What I ended up doing was actually installing HTC Sync and HTC Sync manager and allowing it to install drivers for me. Then once it was done uninstalling them. Or you could also manually update the drivers with the Universal adb drivers (they come with the Android SDK). I would install HTC Sync and let it do it's thing though first.That HTC Driver installer program you see in the screenshot below came with the HTC Sync program.

nicholi2789 said:
I too had trouble getting my M8 drivers to install correctly. When the adb devices command returns nothing that means your drivers aren't installed. Open your device manager in Windows (open start menu then search device manager) and see if under your devices it shows a yellow triangle next to your device. If it does then drivers aren't installed correctly. What I ended up doing was actually installing HTC Sync and HTC Sync manager and allowing it to install drivers for me. Then once it was done uninstalling them. Or you could also manually update the drivers with the Universal adb drivers (they come with the Android SDK). I would install HTC Sync and let it do it's thing though first.That HTC Driver installer program you see in the screenshot below came with the HTC Sync program.
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OK, I decided to all out attack this and uninstalled a bunch of stuff from my PC. Plug the phone in and it installed the drivers, prompted (on my phone) to allow debugging and I am all set. Strangest thing as my M7 was working perfectly fine last week. Thanks!