I'm running into an odd issue with using fastboot. For some reason it's not detecting any devices.
I installed, and reinstalled all the drivers (and everything installs and displays correctly in Device Manager)
ADB works properly and displays my device
I have USB Debugging enabled in developer mode
I tried different USB-microusb cables (same thing)
I tried installing PDAnet --> no difference
I also tried downloading the SDK and running the platform tools from there. Once again ADB works fine, but fastboot is just <waiting for any device>
Any thoughts?
As a side note, have a SM-G930T phone. I was able to get TWRP on my phone before, and I'm trying to get it again and I can't seem to recall how I have done it. I do remember I unlocked the bootloader through a website, but I can't remember the steps. Perhaps someone can point me to the right direction. Of course, in order to unlock the bootloader I would need to get fastboot to work, so this is what I'm trying to take care of first.
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hello,
I'm hoping someone here can help me sort out my current problem.
I've been trying to root so I can install the latest ICS port, but having problems at the Fastboot screen.
I apologize in advance if some of the references/names I'm using are incorrect.
So, I had originally unlocked my Nexus S sometime early this year. When I restart the phone, the "unlocked" lock picture shows up under the "Google" words, and when I go into fastboot mode, the Lock State is Unlocked.
I'm running 2.3.6 right now on the Tmobile version of the phone.
When the phone is on (not in fastboot mode), I can execute ADB commands and the device is recognized. As soon as I go into fastboot it isn't.
I'm running 64bit Win 7, and I have gone through the various threads that have listed this issue, and installed PDA Net drivers and still there is no solution.
In Fastboot mode, while connected to computer under device manager, it shows up under Universal Serial Bus Controllers as an Unknown Device... I'm unable to update any drivers for it, and even when I try to manually update the drivers by going to the PDANet drivers it does not allow it.
When the phone is on in regular mode in device manager it shows up as Android Phone and within that it has a listing called Android Composite ADB Interface.
As mentioned above, when phone on in regular mode everything is detected.
I installed clockwork app from market, assuming that the phone was "rooted" based on the "unlock state" in fastboot mode, but it immediately says that phone needs to be rooted because it was unable to find SuperUser file etc etc.
I've spent the better part of a few days trying to figure this out by checking all sorts of links, but I haven't found a solution. The main issue is that the phone is not being recognized when in fastboot mode when connected by USB. And I'm unable to install the proper drivers for fastboot mode.
Hopefully this makes sense, and someone can provide some insight.
Thanks in advance!
I'm not positive about this but couldn't you adb push the su binary and apk? I don't own the Nexus but I would think since its unlocked you could just push the files. If this would work I would think it's just a temporary solution to allow superuser permission. As I understand it, fastboot is the preferred method for the Nexus.
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Did you try a fastboot command like fastboot devices?
Don't know if this applies to you but I had a similar sounding problem when trying to root my Nexus S where everytime I booted into fastboot mode I had an error message at the bottom of the screen saying something like 'fastboot status-fail Invalid command' and so I couldn't use any fastboot functions.
To get around it I used this one-click root . For some reason I got an error message halfway through for whatever reason and it wouldn't complete the root for me but it booted me into fastboot without receiving the error message and then once I was in I went and rooted manually.
The CWM is out of date on that site though (possibly the super-user zip too) so I replaced them with the latest versions and popped it in my dropbox for you, if you wanna try it out.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47770734/One-Click-Nexus-S.zip
Edit: just had a little look through the bat script and the initial commands that got me into fastboot properly is (with your phone in debugging mode):
adb start-server
adb reboot bootloader
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So you could try that first if you wanna go through manually.
Know that you can't run adb command while in fastboot mode. Boot into your CWM and then you can start an adb shell and you'll be able to push all the files you want and execute all the commands you need.
Fastboot mode is for running fastboot indeed. Try 'fastboot devices' while you're in the bootloader and see if devices pop up. If not, you really have to figure out your drivers issue. Maybe remove the device completely from your PC (including driver files) and reinstall it using the PDAnet drivers.
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I am attempting to flash TWRP so that I can root and flash Cromi X to my tablet. ADB works fine, restarts/reboots into recovery, recognizes device. Fastboot does NOT see my device, does NOT reboot, and I am left stuck at "waiting for device" when I attempt to flash TWRP while in fastboot. In addition, my computer recognizes the TF700 while it is in launcher, but when I boot it into the bootloader/flashboot mode it does not recognize my tablet. I have attempted multiple times in multiple locations on my computer to get it to install & use the android_WinUSB.inf driver, but it refuses. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers while the tablet is in on mutiple times. I don't know what else to do at this point; please help.
Device Details: ASUS tf700t, 10.6.1.14.8 firmware installed, unlocked, no root
Computer: Windows 7 x64
GoliboiVolk said:
I am attempting to flash TWRP so that I can root and flash Cromi X to my tablet. ADB works fine, restarts/reboots into recovery, recognizes device. Fastboot does NOT see my device, does NOT reboot, and I am left stuck at "waiting for device" when I attempt to flash TWRP while in fastboot. In addition, my computer recognizes the TF700 while it is in launcher, but when I boot it into the bootloader/flashboot mode it does not recognize my tablet. I have attempted multiple times in multiple locations on my computer to get it to install & use the android_WinUSB.inf driver, but it refuses. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers while the tablet is in on mutiple times. I don't know what else to do at this point; please help.
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Are you using windows?
Did you try this?
Transformer Toolkit v2.0.1
Root your device with motochopper: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230763
and from the playstore download and install goomanager and from goomanager install TWRP.
Then from TWRP flash CROMi-X
GoliboiVolk said:
I am attempting to flash TWRP so that I can root and flash Cromi X to my tablet. ADB works fine, restarts/reboots into recovery, recognizes device. Fastboot does NOT see my device, does NOT reboot, and I am left stuck at "waiting for device" when I attempt to flash TWRP while in fastboot. In addition, my computer recognizes the TF700 while it is in launcher, but when I boot it into the bootloader/flashboot mode it does not recognize my tablet. I have attempted multiple times in multiple locations on my computer to get it to install & use the android_WinUSB.inf driver, but it refuses. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers while the tablet is in on mutiple times. I don't know what else to do at this point; please help.
Device Details: ASUS tf700t, 10.6.1.14.8 firmware installed, unlocked, no root
Computer: Windows 7 x64
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monecani's advice should work, although it would be good to have fastboot access to your tablet.
Weird - it seems the ADB drivers work but the fastboot drivers don't.
Try the drivers attached?
berndblb said:
monecani's advice should work, although it would be good to have fastboot access to your tablet.
Weird - it seems the ADB drivers work but the fastboot drivers don't.
Try the drivers attached?
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Well I had tried motochopper around 20x before (and sadly, I am not exaggerating there) without it working once, but I felt that I should at least give it one more shot before saying I couldn't use it and of course now that I had asked for help it does work. lol; the IT curse strikes again. Thanks for that, monecani.
The drivers, on the other hand, are not working. :/ Windows is letting me try to install them now at least (before it was telling me there was "no compatible drivers" when I was literally having it select the ASUS specific ADB USB drivers, or just telling me that it had determined that my usb drivers that were in no way functioning were completely up to date), but then it fails install and says "This device cannot start. (Code 10)". I was able to install the drivers you gave me when the device was in launcher, but they didn't help me in fastboot, and actually interfered with my device being recognized properly by anything. I had to roll back the drivers to run motochopper.
I kinda agree with you on fastboot being something I don't strictly need, but would still be a good idea for me to have access to. Plus, I'm that special kind of person who cannot let something just be broken. It drives me crazy to know that something's wrong, even if I almost never use it, or even never use it.
Im having some trouble with ADB / Fastboot commands. No matter if i try "fastboot devices" or "adb devices" they both show nothing / no device. I've tried the commands to the TWRP recovery, a booted os and the bootloader in fastboot mode. Nothing seems to be working. Im using the well known adb/fastboot 15 sec installer from here. I've tried two win10 computers and now a win7 computer although all 64 bit, which have not been a problem before.
In the bootloader on the phone with the cable plugged in, the red fastboot text doesn't show "FASTBOOT USB" unless i move the cursor (like it doesnt update before i move the cursor). Im running the command prompts with administrative rights. I've also tried different cables, but im beginning to think that its the phones micro usb connector that is faulty, although MPT is working fine in windows, and transfers files without problems. Its a HTC One S im trying to do this on. All i want is to update my recovery!
Is there something very obvious im missing?
I found a solution however a wierd one. I already had debugging enabled on the phone, but thought that i should try and disable it, and then re-enable it right after. This seemed to trigger something, as my computer now started to install some drivers, that it had been missing before. After this fastboot commands and adb commands ran without any trouble.
Da9L said:
I found a solution however a wierd one. I already had debugging enabled on the phone, but thought that i should try and disable it, and then re-enable it right after. This seemed to trigger something, as my computer now started to install some drivers, that it had been missing before. After this fastboot commands and adb commands ran without any trouble.
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I just tried that and it absolutely worked for me too. Thanks. Very bright person you are.
As mentioned, I need to go back to stock in order to unlock my phone but it has been a very long time since I have done anything techy to this phone. I know I needed an RUU file (which one?) and drivers but I also read about it failing in Windows 10. Can anyone advise how I can unlock my Rogers evita device?
I should also note that after a bit of research, I am trying to flash the RUU (using the command 'astboot flash zip PJ83IMG.zip' without quotes) but it just says 'waiting for devices' even though fastboot is red and says fastboot usb... Is this the result of having Windows 10 (drivers do not work)?
I have installed the drivers and HTC sync/adb from, the following:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
It is still not useful. I should also note when trying to sync via fastboot, in device manager I see under USB (device failed enumeration).
I know it's a few months later, but if it can help someone, here is how I got ADB-Fastboot (especially Fastboot) working under Windows 10 64bit.
I'm pretty sure I remember correctly doing just that, after messing for days without success.
If you're not successful, I might be forgetting something.
(of course, I cleaned my PC removing any HTC driver and any ADB-Fastboot solutions I had installed before doing the 3 steps below, also cleaning the Windows Registry)
1. Download and install latest HTC Sync Manager, then uninstall Sync Manager keeping only the drivers installed.
2. Find and Install latest Minimal ADB and Fastboot.
3. Download and install latest Java SE Development Kit 32bit version (even for Windows 10 64bit).
Connecting phone to PC was recognized, started Minimal adb-fastboot and then typed adb devices, worked fine.
Rebooted the phone to Bootloader then put it in fastboot usb mode and typed fastboot devices, worked fine.
So here's the background: I have a OnePlus 6, which I had rooted previously. I accidentally updated it without first patching the boot image, so it's not rooted now.
In an attempt to root it again, I need to use fastboot. However, whenever I use
adb reboot bootloader
it reboots the phone to fastboot mode, as expected, but then
fastboot devices
displays nothing. I find this extremely strange, because I have used fastboot commands before on both my windows machine and on my Linux machine (though I recently switched distros and have a new installation on there, so it may be missing some driver or something).
I have tried looking for any necessary drivers (I saw that sometimes usb drivers are different from fastboot drivers, but I don't know if that's the case regarding OnePlus) but after installing everything I found, it still doesn't work.
I have also tried running adb as root (on Linux) and as administrator (on Windows) but neither worked.
I tried to use Tool All In One to root it for me, but it seemed to run into the same problem. It wouldn't detect the phone in fastboot mode.
I'm absolutely baffled as to why this may be; Anyone know why this happens or what I may do to fix it?
I had the similar issue last week when adb command of fastboot devices would not identify the device. I used the fastboot ROM method to reflash the stock rom and everything worked fine afterwards including fastboot devices command identifying the device correctly. Needless to say, it would delete everything on your phone. Here is the link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6-t3796665
Good luck!!
Fastboot version
Update your fastboot, maybe it's an old version.
Also check your device manager and see if the phone is listed there. Sometimes it's necessary to disable driver signature check in Windows 10. Also install the driver before you use your commands - some users reported that for some reason the driver or connection is lost after windows reboot.
A) Check fastboot drivers/reinstall them (adb and fastboot use different drivers). You might want to check if there are unknown devices in your Windows device manager, or the name of the device once fastboot mode is engaged and you plug the cable
B) Plug it in another USB port (less likely to be the problem, since ADB actually works)