Currently in the process of unlocking bootloader via following the steps provided in this forum. I'm having trouble with my computer recognizing my device when I boot into bootloader. When the phone is on, it is recognized as "OnePlus", but in Bootloader the computer says "Android" and "Drivers unavailable" I've tried manually assigning them with no luck. Any help would be appreciated
Still no luck on unlocking boot loader. I've installed and reinstalled drivers from OnePlus and Adb and fastboot, tried installing the Android SDK. No luck. I cannot get "fastboot devices" command to show anything in a command prompt
are you writing the command "fasboot devices" on the same directory where you have installed your adb?
Chinaroad said:
are you writing the command "fasboot devices" on the same directory where you have installed your adb?
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I have tried it on a few different directories. I installed the adb via the exe on the tutorial. I'm not sure which directory that would be
If you already installed adb go to c:/adb in the folder hold shift and click the right mouse button, there should be an option that says open command prompt here or open powershell prompt here, click it. You should see a command prompt, boot into fastboot and connect your phone to your computer and now type "fastboot devices". If it doesn't detect it, it might mean that you haven't enabled USB debugging. And remember to turn on oem unlocking in your phone
I finally figured out my issue. I had to go into the windows device properties, attempt to manually install the drivers while the phone was in bootloader. It would then throw an error about the android bootloader interface and asked if i wanted to search for an update, windows actually found an update to that particular part of the driver. Installed it and that fixed it.
Glad you fixed it
TheBananaz said:
I finally figured out my issue. I had to go into the windows device properties, attempt to manually install the drivers while the phone was in bootloader. It would then throw an error about the android bootloader interface and asked if i wanted to search for an update, windows actually found an update to that particular part of the driver. Installed it and that fixed it.
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Could you kindly share which specific OnePlus device you were able to unlock the bootloader, e.g. Unlocked OnePlus 6, International Version, etc?
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Tried various possible solutions and still can't get past the Google logo. Installed adb and Samsung driver but when executing commands such as "abd remount" or "adb push file.zip \sdcard\" in cmd I get an error saying "device not found".
Does anyone know how I could resolve this issue?
I tried clearing the cache and wiping the data from the phone, and even heating the phone with a hair dryer. I'd very much appreciate any help.
looks like you still be able to get in reovery ? if so , then nothing you should worry , just flash a new ROM
Do you mean like a boot image or a recovery image?
If so then you need to put phone in fastboot mode, hold volume up and power til it comes up on screen, then on command prompt on your computer type in fastboot flash recovery xxxxxxx.img (xxxxx is the name of the file like cwm5.0.2.0.img or whatever)
That should give you a working recovery to flash roms from.
Is your boot loader unlocked?
If you wanna mount then just go to mounts and storage and mount USB storage and it will show up on your computer!
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Do you mean like a boot image or a recovery image?
If so then you need to put phone in fastboot mode, hold volume up and power til it comes up on screen, then on command prompt on your computer type in fastboot flash recovery xxxxxxx.img (xxxxx is the name of the file like cwm5.0.2.0.img or whatever)
That should give you a working recovery to flash roms from.
Is your boot loader unlocked?
If you wanna mount then just go to mounts and storage and mount USB storage and it will show up on your computer!
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Thanks for your reply, seems to be hanging on waiting for device. Fastboot appears to be locked and it just hangs on "waiting for device" when I enter the command fastboot oem unlock... Not sure where to go from here.
leeroy88 said:
Thanks for your reply, seems to be hanging on waiting for device. Fastboot appears to be locked and it just hangs on "waiting for device" when I enter the command fastboot oem unlock... Not sure where to go from here.
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It was a recovery image file by the way. Tried fastboot flash recovery xxxxx.img like you had said but same problem...
leeroy88 said:
It was a recovery image file by the way. Tried fastboot flash recovery xxxxx.img like you had said but same problem...
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Hmmm try going to cmd prompt and typing in adb devices, if you get nothing then your adb isn't set up properly and you need to go into setting and change the path on your computer.
I know the details are sketchy but gimme a min and I will find you a link
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Find the Android sdk folder in your computer, move it to the root of C.
I don't think adb is where this guide says it is, there is a read me in the folder where it was saying it has moved to the platform tools folder.
So anyway find the path to the file and put it where the guide says and you should be on the ball.
Forget adb. You need to use fastboot.
Open a command prompt in the directory with fastboot or cd into it.
Put phone in fastboot mode.
On the command prompt type fastboot devices.
You will see your serial number. If you don't recheck and make sure you did everything. Sdk PDA drivers if need be etc.
Fastboot flash recovery custom recovery img name.img
Boot into recovery
Mounts and storage.
Mount SD card
Put a rom for you device on there.
Unmount
Wipe everything but sdcard from recovery.
Flash the rom by going to install zip from SD card......
Okay still stuck trying to connect to my phone. I haven't been able to get my serial number show when typing fastboot devices in cmd. adb is set up and seems to be working but the list of devices is blank when I type in adb devices. The phone was put into fastboot mode both times. I get <waiting for device> when I try
fastboot flash recovery clockwork-5.0.2-crespo.img
I think the bootloader may be locked as it does say LOCKED under lock state, which is probably the reason why I can't get the recovery image to work. I couldn't install PDANet as it wanted to connect to my phone while in debugging mode at the end of the installation. Would it be possible that fastboot oem unlock won't work with without having PDANet installed? I'd really appreciate any further help on this topic.
You need the drivers.
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You need the drivers.
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I have the Google USB driver package installed from SDK Manager. I had tried to install some other Samsung driver found on another post but it wouldn't install.
Turns out drivers weren't fully installed, managed to get PDANet installed and could connect to the phone with fastboot devices. Serial number was displayed in cmd. Only problems lies with unlocking the bootloader. fastboot oem unlock fails giving an error: too many links. Anyone have a solution to this?
leeroy88 said:
Turns out drivers weren't fully installed, managed to get PDANet installed and could connect to the phone with fastboot devices. Serial number was displayed in cmd. Only problems lies with unlocking the bootloader. fastboot oem unlock fails giving an error: too many links. Anyone have a solution to this?
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Did you try booting into bootloader in the first place? Volume up+Power
Then you can use fastboot. Forget PDAnet. Just install SDK and ADB
Use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007782
ismailham said:
Did you try booting into bootloader in the first place? Volume up+Power
Then you can use fastboot. Forget PDAnet. Just install SDK and ADB
Use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007782
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Yeah I was in bootloader at the time, but I noticed that the Lock-State said locked. So I figured I must first use fastboot oem unlock. If I was to try flash with a stock recovery image would I still need to unlock the bootloader? Like I said I was able to use fastboot devices and get my phones serial number to show up, so I think SDK and ADB is properly installed, path set correctly etc.
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Yeah I was in bootloader at the time, but I noticed that the Lock-State said locked. So I figured I must first use fastboot oem unlock. If I was to try flash with a stock recovery image would I still need to unlock the bootloader? Like I said I was able to use fastboot devices and get my phones serial number to show up, so I think SDK and ADB is properly installed, path set correctly etc.
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I don't think you need to unlock the boot loader to flash a recovery image.
I may be wrong but I remember someone saying that once. I had mine unlocked before I had the chance to try it out. What happens when you type in fastboot oem unlock?
nodstuff said:
I don't think you need to unlock the boot loader to flash a recovery image.
I may be wrong but I remember someone saying that once. I had mine unlocked before I had the chance to try it out. What happens when you type in fastboot oem unlock?
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After typing fastboot oem unlock I get three dots ...
Pretty much straight away it fails and says something about "too many links".
Did you do all the steps from here http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/ ?
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Did you do all the steps from here http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/ ?
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Thanks for your reply, I followed the steps just now and got the exact same error. Before I was trying fastboot oem unlock while in platform-tools but this time I had downloaded the nexussrootICS.zip file, and extracted it to the root of C. I tried fastboot devices and my serial shows up and after fastboot oem unlock I get "status read failed: too many links."
The only difference I seem to have is that in my device manager I have Android Device > ADB Interface, as opposed to SAMSUNG Android Device > ADB Interface.
Not a big difference but that's all I can think of.
the same issue for me. is there any working solution for that?
I recently had success in recovering from this issue.
Here is the link, read the last comment
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894147
GnubbyaBush said:
I recently had success in recovering from this issue.
Here is the link, read the last comment
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894147
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Thanks! I'll try to do this fancy dancing
Hey there masterfully smart megabrains of the XDA world, I've gotten myself into a bit of a pickle. I accidentally chose the OTA option from Magisk when I hadnt just installed an OTA update. Now my phone when i restart it it just sits spinning the Oneplus logo.
I do have access to Fastboot.
I do have access to Recovery.
I only have stock Recovery, no TWRP installed.
I did not have USB debugging enabled before this issue happened.
ADB is installed and I have my drivers installed, but when I use powershell to enter the command adb devices my device isnt listed when I have the phone connected via USB and in Fastboot mode. When I check device manager Android Device is just listed rather than the device name, so I'm not sure what else I can do to get my device to be recognized correctly. I feel like if i could just get ADB to recognize my device, i could fastboot flash the stock rom. Or if there is a way to swap to the other boot slot I think that would also save me. I've been trying to google and search around but I'm having trouble finding the answers I seek, so please megabrains, save me!
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Hey there masterfully smart megabrains of the XDA world, I've gotten myself into a bit of a pickle. I accidentally chose the OTA option from Magisk when I hadnt just installed an OTA update. Now my phone when i restart it it just sits spinning the Oneplus logo.
I do have access to Fastboot.
I do have access to Recovery.
I only have stock Recovery, no TWRP installed.
I did not have USB debugging enabled before this issue happened.
ADB is installed and I have my drivers installed, but when I use powershell to enter the command adb devices my device isnt listed when I have the phone connected via USB and in Fastboot mode. When I check device manager Android Device is just listed rather than the device name, so I'm not sure what else I can do to get my device to be recognized correctly. I feel like if i could just get ADB to recognize my device, i could fastboot flash the stock rom. Or if there is a way to swap to the other boot slot I think that would also save me. I've been trying to google and search around but I'm having trouble finding the answers I seek, so please megabrains, save me!
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You shouldn't type adb devices in fastboot mode. It won't show. Instead type (fastboot devices).
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You shouldn't type adb devices in fastboot mode. It won't show. Instead type (fastboot devices).
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I just tried fastboot devices in powershell while the phone is connected via USB in fastboot mode and nothing was listed
Edit: i was able to get fastboot to work, I had to do the following steps i found on stack exchange to get my device to show up properly in device manager:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8588595/android-fastboot-devices-not-returning-device
Open device manager
Find Unknown "Android" device (likely listed under Other devices with an exclamation mark)
Update driver
Browse my computer for driver software
Let me pick from a list of devices, select List All Devices
Under "Android device" or "Google Inc", you will find "Android Bootloader Interface"
Choose "Android Bootloader Interface"
Click "yes" when it says that driver might not be compatible
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With fastboot working and issues in device manager solved I was able to get TWRP loaded to my phone via fastboot and change my boot slot to get back into the phone
searching all over the internet on how get my computer to recognize my device in fastboot..
I already had universal adb drivers installed, along with android studio.. so adb worked out of the box. I tried to root, got to where I need to unlock the bootloader but no fastboot..
Tried reinstalling universal adb drivers, also tried a few other downloads from google with no luck on anything..
Searching the forums it seems like fastboot 'just works' for everyone else, so maybe something on my computer is messed up..idk
device manager just shows 'unknown android device'
my phone is oneplus 9 unlocked version, model LE2115
any help is appreciated
cass89 said:
searching all over the internet on how get my computer to recognize my device in fastboot..
I already had universal adb drivers installed, along with android studio.. so adb worked out of the box. I tried to root, got to where I need to unlock the bootloader but no fastboot..
Tried reinstalling universal adb drivers, also tried a few other downloads from google with no luck on anything..
Searching the forums it seems like fastboot 'just works' for everyone else, so maybe something on my computer is messed up..idk
device manager just shows 'unknown android device'
my phone is oneplus 9 unlocked version, model LE2115
any help is appreciated
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I had the same issue with my op9 unlocking bl.
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Use these and open your command window from this . Makes a shortcut on your desktop. I did and unlocking bl worked perfectly.
cass89 said:
searching all over the internet on how get my computer to recognize my device in fastboot..
I already had universal adb drivers installed, along with android studio.. so adb worked out of the box. I tried to root, got to where I need to unlock the bootloader but no fastboot..
Tried reinstalling universal adb drivers, also tried a few other downloads from google with no luck on anything..
Searching the forums it seems like fastboot 'just works' for everyone else, so maybe something on my computer is messed up..idk
device manager just shows 'unknown android device'
my phone is oneplus 9 unlocked version, model LE2115
any help is appreciated
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ok now I'm confused.. those drivers didn't work. following the root guide on here it says 'unlock the usual way''boot to bootloader''issue command 'fastboot flashing unlock''
so I decided to try rebooting to fastboot instead, which brought me to fastbootd
fastboot does recognize fastbootd, but the unlock command "flashing unlock" is unrecognized
So do I use bootloader or fastbootd to issue the unlock command?
if the latter, why would fastbootd not recognize the command?
the 'oem unlock' option is ticked on...
cass89 said:
ok now I'm confused.. those drivers didn't work. following the root guide on here it says 'unlock the usual way''boot to bootloader''issue command 'fastboot flashing unlock''
so I decided to try rebooting to fastboot instead, which brought me to fastbootd
fastboot does recognize fastbootd, but the unlock command "flashing unlock" is unrecognized
So do I use bootloader or fastbootd to issue the unlock command?
if the latter, why would fastbootd not recognize the command?
the 'oem unlock' option is ticked on...
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Make sure you enable oem unlocking in dev options first and reboot.Reboot to bootloader,issue command $fastboot flashing unlock..
cass89 said:
ok now I'm confused.. those drivers didn't work. following the root guide on here it says 'unlock the usual way''boot to bootloader''issue command 'fastboot flashing unlock''
so I decided to try rebooting to fastboot instead, which brought me to fastbootd
fastboot does recognize fastbootd, but the unlock command "flashing unlock" is unrecognized
So do I use bootloader or fastbootd to issue the unlock command?
if the latter, why would fastbootd not recognize the command?
the 'oem unlock' option is ticked on...
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Are you a carrier variant or global unlocked 9/9pro?
OEM unlocking is enabled, reboot to bootloader, command 'fastboot devices' shows no devices
Still have unknown android device in device manager
It's a global unlocked 9
cass89 said:
OEM unlocking is enabled, reboot to bootloader, command 'fastboot devices' shows no devices
Still have unknown android device in device manager
It's a global unlocked 9
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Did you create a shortcut to those adb driver's when you installed; on desktop. And open cmd window in that spot. ?
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Did you create a shortcut to those adb driver's when you installed; on desktop. And open cmd window in that spot. ?
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I'm not sure what you mean by shortcut
I unzipped the file to my desktop, then tried installing driver through device manager, but no driver was found.. I then tried installing the driver with the "DPInst_x64.exe" file, but it says install failed with no other explanation
I tried just opening a command prompt in that folder, but with no driver installed, it still isn't recognized
Thanks for helping, I'm lost at this point lol
cass89 said:
I'm not sure what you mean by shortcut
I unzipped the file to my desktop, then tried installing driver through device manager, but no driver was found.. I then tried installing the driver with the "DPInst_x64.exe" file, but it says install failed with no other explanation
I tried just opening a command prompt in that folder, but with no driver installed, it still isn't recognized
Thanks for helping, I'm lost at this point lol
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Try one more thing. Install these and creat shortcut on desktop and try opening cmd in this. We gonna get you unlocked.
One last thing. You have also went into developer options and tic'ed "USB debugging on then ok on device when it asks if you wanna allow phone to communicate.
tried that, still nothing. usb debugging is on.
all I need is a working driver, everything else should be good..
one thing which i'm not sure if it's an issue, I'm using an old usb c to usb 2 cable, I'm not using the cable that came with the phone because my computer doesn't have usb c ports.. but adb and mass storage/file transfers work with no issue
Hate to say it, but it still COULD be your old USB cord even with file transfer and adb functionality preserved. I had a cord that did do file transfer but not adb. You should try another cord...
Here's another driver source to download:
Universal ADB Drivers
2 new cords, and also tried multiple driver downloads, but still nothing... i was really hoping to root this phone and it seemed so easy for everyone else, thats why i bought it.. but I guess I'm stuck with a locked bootloader...
I could try factory resetting windows or the phone, but would that even make a difference?
..rereading the root guide, at the beginning it says "if you're on global and want root, flash the eu boot.img" but I'm not sure if he means do that first or use that for the guide.. I'm assuming I need the bootloader unlocked in order to flash it first, but maybe not..
..also should I have just commented in the root guide post, instead of making a new post?..
I'm sure you've tried another usb port on your computer.
Last thing to try: another PC.
Shouldn't come to that, but that's where you look to be.
Got it!! Someone posted about the op6 not working either and the fix is turning off windows driver signature, not sure why but that worked for me..
Thanks, now on to root lol
I just had some serious fastboot driver issues when setting up my oneplus. Not sure if this helps but can you at least find the driver folder that was installed on your c:drive when you initially installed the drivers. Then check your device manager when your phone is in fastboot and update the device (usually under portable devices) through that path?
If you get a tampering /corrupt error when you do this you can disable driver signing in windows which is what worked for me thanks to this saint.
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Edit: you solved it while I was responding....I had the same issue..congrats...I know the feeling!
Hey! I need help, please. I'm trying to unlock bootloader of the Moto C XT1756, it has a MT6735. So, I tried in Windows and in Linux (linux with 2 pc). And the problem is next.
I installed ADB and Fastboot (I tried minimal, 15 seconds, platfoorm tools, all). So, ADB detects the device, I can use any adb command like the "adb reboot bootloader". It reboot in fastboot mode and if I use "fastboot devices" it is detected. But when i'm trying to use "fastboot oem get_unlock_data" it says me "failed, unknown command." It happen also with any oem command. I don't know how to proceed. If someone can help me, i'll be grateful. Thanks for read
Both ADB and Fastboot aren't equally implemented by manufacturers: the ADB & Fastboot what you have installed is correct for Google devices only.
Oh. So, I'll test your ADB-FASTBOOT installer, really thanks!
Hey! I don't understand, I need to use your ADB-FASTBOOT installer? I tried now and it doesn't work. The error is the same.
jwoegerbauer said:
Both ADB and Fastboot aren't equally implemented by manufacturers: the ADB & Fastboot what you have installed is correct for Google devices only.
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Hey! I don't understand, I need to use your ADB-FASTBOOT installer? I tried now and it doesn't work. The error is the same.
I see you didn't get it.
Manufacturers implement ADB and/or Fastboot with version what corresponds to their ideas.
Hence in your case some ADB and/or Fastboot commands may work or not.
Oh. So, this phone can't be unlocked?
Use ADB / Fastboot as provided by Motorola - see attachment
Use Motorola's "Android USB Driver"
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Use ADB / Fastboot as provided by Motorola - see attachment
Use Motorola's "Android USB Driver"
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I didn't get the second sentence. "Use Motorola's "Android USB Driver". Btw, I used "mfastboot.exe devices" and it recognizes my phone, then "mfastboot.exe oem get_unlock_data" and it keeps saying "failed: unknown command."
Update: I tried three different wires. Three different PC (Including Linux-PC) and the error is the same. I can't understand it. It have an option "Unlock OEM" in Developer Settings (so, I think that the manufacturer allows unlock) I can't do nothing.
I'm trying to unlock the bootloader. When I first connect the phone, I can do 'adb devices' on my pc and it returns:
List of devices attached
1818FDH.... device
I then boot into fastboot mode...
dnewell said:
I'm trying to unlock the bootloader. When I first connect the phone, I can do 'adb devices' on my pc and it returns:
List of devices attached
1818FDH.... device
I then boot into fastboot
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It's your platform tools/adb/fastboot folder up to date? I'd not update it.
xunholyx said:
It's your platform tools/adb/fastboot folder up to date? I'd not update it.
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It is....version r33.0.3
dnewell said:
It is....version r33.0.3
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What does cmd and device manager say when you type "fastboot devices"?
dnewell said:
It is....version r33.0.3
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OK 2 questions
1 In Developer options is OEM unlocking grayed out?
2 Is your sims in the phone? Because when I did mine I didn't pit the sims in and OEM unlocking was grayed out, So I put it in and it came up. Just something to check out. But I'm not sure that's what your looking for.
No, OEM unlocking is enabled. USB debugging is enabled. also. Sim is installed. When I do 'fastboot devices' in the CMD window, it just comes back with the prompt. Not sure what you are asking about device manager. It shows pixel 7 pro under 'Other devices'. That doesn't change when I do 'fastboot flashing unlock', even though the response in the cmd window is 'waiting for any device'.
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No, OEM unlocking is enabled. USB debugging is enabled. also. Sim is installed. When I do 'fastboot devices' in the CMD window, it just comes back with the prompt. Not sure what you are asking about device manager. It shows pixel 7 pro under 'Other devices'. That doesn't change when I do 'fastboot flashing unlock', even though the response in the cmd window is 'waiting for any device'.
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When you enter fastboot it should list the device as "android bootloader interface" in device manager. Make sure that you have the P7P device drivers installed from here download and install the driver's. If it's showing "waiting for any device" then it is not connected
When I was in normal mode on the phone, it found MTP USB Device driver in the Google USB driver directory. However, trying to install it says I already have it. When I went to fastboot mode, I had it search my computer for available drivers, and it found Android Composite ADB driver. Should I install that?
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When I was in normal mode on the phone, it found MTP USB Device driver in the Google USB driver directory. However, trying to install it says I already have it. When I went to fastboot mode, I had it search my computer for available drivers, and it found Android Composite ADB driver. Should I install that?
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Install it and run the "fastboot devices" command. If it shows "android bootloader interface" in device manager your good.
If not you need to manually update using "browse computer" and point it directly to where you downloaded and unzipped the P7P drivers
That worked! I was not trying to install the driver while in fastboot mode, that was the problem! Thank you very much for the help!
dnewell said:
That worked! I was not trying to install the driver while in fastboot mode, that was the problem! Thank you very much for the help!
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Awesome, glad I could help and it worked for you!