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No driver for my Nexus S 4G, please help

Hi,
I have tried PDAnet to install driver for my phone. When it got to where it asked me to plug in my phone, i plugged in nothing happen so i had to click on cancel. Then i installed SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones. After it was installed i went to Devices and My phone showed as Unknown Device. i went in to update driver and there was not ADB device in the selection for me to choose. Please help... thanks..

what OS are you using
the most up to date win7 finds it pretty accurately. If not your BEST bet that i have found is use those sammy drivers, THEN install google android SDK/corresponding JAVA. It sounds like alot but you will get alot more as you fiddle with your phone down the line.
When you get the sdk and java sdk installed you can download googles USB drivers through the sdk list and then you should be able to find the ADB device listing IF your computer doesnt find your phone automatically after that.
Ive done this alot now and have had a different config almost every time.
XP has ALWAYS needed the sdk's to work for me.

I have windows 7 home. I have not update my windows 7 at all. I already got SDK and JDK installed. I checked the google USB driver when i was at the list of things to package to download.
tevil said:
what OS are you using
the most up to date win7 finds it pretty accurately. If not your BEST bet that i have found is use those sammy drivers, THEN install google android SDK/corresponding JAVA. It sounds like alot but you will get alot more as you fiddle with your phone down the line.
When you get the sdk and java sdk installed you can download googles USB drivers through the sdk list and then you should be able to find the ADB device listing IF your computer doesnt find your phone automatically after that.
Ive done this alot now and have had a different config almost every time.
XP has ALWAYS needed the sdk's to work for me.
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i have updated my windows and still no luck. What is a sammy driver ...
tevil said:
what OS are you using
the most up to date win7 finds it pretty accurately. If not your BEST bet that i have found is use those sammy drivers, THEN install google android SDK/corresponding JAVA. It sounds like alot but you will get alot more as you fiddle with your phone down the line.
When you get the sdk and java sdk installed you can download googles USB drivers through the sdk list and then you should be able to find the ADB device listing IF your computer doesnt find your phone automatically after that.
Ive done this alot now and have had a different config almost every time.
XP has ALWAYS needed the sdk's to work for me.
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Here are the drivers I installed from Samsung when I manually updated my prl
http://www.mediafire.com/?yns6ianoai12z6n
I uploaded this last week, just extract the rar and run the exe
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

i already had this driver install however i still followed the Setup. I uninstalled the existing driver and install this again and still no luck
fergie716 said:
Here are the drivers I installed from Samsung when I manually updated my prl
http://www.mediafire.com/?yns6ianoai12z6n
I uploaded this last week, just extract the rar and run the exe
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk
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are you letting window just give you the list of drivers or are you browsing for the adb one? windows will initially give you a list of like 20 drivers, then you select "let me pick" or something like that and you go through the list of like 1000 instead.
if your on 7 and have everything installed then maybe you have a bad cable. do you get anything that even loks like your computer is trying to install yoru phone.

It was the cable. Last night i went to Sprint and bought their 20 dollar cable and everything was fixed. Drivers were installed with PDAnet and i already rooted the phone , unlocked bootloader, put on CWR and installed CM9 Thank you for your help.
tevil said:
are you letting window just give you the list of drivers or are you browsing for the adb one? windows will initially give you a list of like 20 drivers, then you select "let me pick" or something like that and you go through the list of like 1000 instead.
if your on 7 and have everything installed then maybe you have a bad cable. do you get anything that even loks like your computer is trying to install yoru phone.
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Ughh $20.. They use to give them for free.. Or atleast the corporate store near me did when I had my Samsung Moment.
But yea I just bought the wrong cable (Nexus One) like a dumb ass from amazon. It fits but super short
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i was this close to buying a cable for 3 bucks from Amazon. Now i look at my Sprint cable , it does look different from the cable i saw on amazon. i dont know man, on ebay and amazon those cables are all Nexus S OEM cable, dont know if they would have worked or not
fergie716 said:
Ughh $20.. They use to give them for free.. Or atleast the corporate store near me did when I had my Samsung Moment.
But yea I just bought the wrong cable (Nexus One) like a dumb ass from amazon. It fits but super short
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk
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fergie716 said:
Ughh $20.. They use to give them for free.. Or atleast the corporate store near me did when I had my Samsung Moment.
But yea I just bought the wrong cable (Nexus One) like a dumb ass from amazon. It fits but super short
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk
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Here is how I got mine to work.
install android sdk here
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
navigate to you android sdk folder. typical path:C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk
double click sdk manager.exe
under extras, install google usb driver package. See screenshot here for example.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html

bob13bob said:
Here is how I got mine to work.
install android sdk here
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
navigate to you android sdk folder. typical path:C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk
double click sdk manager.exe
under extras, install google usb driver package. See screenshot here for example.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
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Doesn't work it says windows can't find driver

Im struggling here the only thing keeping me form fun is some stupid usb drivers nothing wants to work at all.
Phone will mount when on, but when in fastboot mode it makes a dudududu sound and under deivces it says android 1.0 and when i try to update the driver it cant be found online, and when i have the actual driver on computer it still says windows cant find the driver.

Download the adb drivers attached below
Google search for: Samsung_Mobile_USB_Driver_V1.3.800.0.msi
Install the Samsung "Samsung_Mobile_USB_Driver_V1.3.800.0.msi" drivers and then reboot.
Then plug in your NS4G and let it do it's thing. It will say that it needs a driver. Select no and advanced.
Then go to where you saved the attached file drivers and in the root select it and let is load the Android ADB drivers.
Then reboot.
Then in your device manager you'll see the Android ADB device with a yellow triangle.
Right click and update driver.
Then select the bottom choice so that you can look at all drivers and in the list is the Android ADB.
Select it and next to update the drivers.
Then reboot and you should be good to go.
It took me several hours to figure this out and I used every other method I could find and they did not work, but this did.
This is on Windows XP Pro SP3
If this helps, please hit Thanks!!!

Nexus S Windows 8 driver?

Just installed Windows 8 CP, and I can't get ADB up and running to download the drivers, so my question is: Is there any drivers for Windows 8 which not requires me to use the SDK?

Try the same drivers you used on windows 7.

albundy2010 said:
Try the same drivers you used on windows 7.
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But I can't use the SDK, so I can't download those drivers.

If you can use a computer that has windows 7 on it, download drivers to it using sdk and find the folder that has the google drivers. Copy it to a disk and when it asks for the drivers on Windows 8, install the copied disk and you should be able to use the same drivers that way.

Download pdanet. Should have all the drivers you need.
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it auto detect it for me both nexus s and tf300tg but i installed the original win 8 pro today

Download that pdanet. It will work.
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run as admin
I encountered this and I just ran the sdk manager as admin.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901617&highlight=tutorial+for+n00bs
look at this... i use windows 8

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!!

Adb

I'm not so sure is this tread better to be on themes and apps forum but did anbody know where I can found adb drivers for 32 bit Windows Vista
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Sorry that previous reply was from me I was search for one click root with him (Uncle donal) by my galaxy tab and I doesn't remember to log out before asking help for my own problem
So that reply was from user 6230
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uncle donal said:
I'm not so sure is this tread better to be on themes and apps forum but did anbody know where I can found adb drivers for 32 bit Windows Vista
Sent by my GT-3100 witch is smarter than me
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There are no adb "drivers" for Windows. ADB itself is usually obtained by downloading the Android SDK from Google ( http://developer.android.com ). There are also quite a few tools here at XDA that also contain ADB. Android Flash Recovery is one of those tools.

shinobisoft said:
There are no adb "drivers" for Windows. ADB itself is usually obtained by downloading the Android SDK from Google ( http://developer.android.com ). There are also quite a few tools here at XDA that also contain ADB. Android Flash Recovery is one of those tools.
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Installing the Samsung syncing software on windows will probably give you the usb drivers too.

Tsjoklat said:
Installing the Samsung syncing software on windows will probably give you the usb drivers too.
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That would be correct. Installing Kies will also install USB drivers. Still nothing to do with ADB as the OP is asking, although it could be a malformed question too.

Universal Driver
You can use the Universal ADB Driver by Koush plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/BQ5iYJEaaEH
"...This driver should work on all Android phones for all versions of Windows...."

[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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