Problems trying to get USB Debugging working on Windows 7 (Android)

Question

I am using Windows 7 64bit and I am trying to get my computer to detect my HTC Desire, but it's not picking it up. I have everything available installed through the Android Updater and I have got my phone running through Ubuntu, so it is definitely a problem with Windows. Does anyone know what's wrong or how to get it working or both?

• I am using Windows 7 64 bit

• I have a HTC Desire running Stock 2.2 (Froyo) that works with USB Debugging on my Ubuntu machine

• Windows does detect that my phone is plugged in. It shows as a mass storage device.

• I have all the available things installed via the Android Updater.

Maganmagana

One thing to check - Ignoring debugging for the moment, can Win7 see your phone at all? do you get prompted by the device to mount as a USB Storage device when plugged in. If so, does Win 7 see that? – Kassab

Yes. It shows as a Disk Drive (which is my default setting). It's just the SDK that won't pick it up. Thanks. Gonna edit the OP and add that. – Maganmagana

Answer 1

I went through a huge hassle with this last night (took me 4-6 hours), but finally got it working. Based off of what you have said you already accomplished, complete these steps:

1. Reboot your computer (really, it couldn't hurt and who knows what residuals are chilling there that can screw this all up).
2. Connect your phone
3. In Device Manager, right-click any unknown devices related to your phone and update drivers. Manually point to the usb_drivers\ directory from your Android SDK.
4. At this point you should only have one undetected device (ADB), Windows will not be able to find drivers for it.
5. Download USBDeview, run as Administrator (requires right-click) and uninstall your phone and any ADB drivers it lists (your phone should still be connected).
6. Disconnect your phone.
7. Download HTCSync and install it.
8. Connect your phone, Windows should now attempt to install drivers and do so no problem.
9. Open a command window and type adb devices to confirm everything is running correctly (that is, if you placed the AndroidSDK's tools directory in your PATH variable).

Hydranth

HTCSync. Awesome. It completely, easily and quickly solved the problem. Thank you. – Maganmagana

Answer 2

Have you already checked out the article on USB drivers for Windows? I'm not quite sure if you are supposed to install the drivers via the Android Updater.

Doubledealing

I have done. Yes thanks. I was amazed at how simple it is to do on Windows :) Too bad I can't get it working :( – Maganmagana

Answer 3

Had this problem on Windows 7 x64 and uninstalling in device manager then selecting manual install gave an error (something like: ensure driver is 64-bit compatible). Resolved as follows:

1. Connect phone
2. Run USBDeview as Administrator
3. Sort by Serial Number
4. Select all devices with Serial Number starting HT
5. Uninstall selected devices
6. Disconnect/reconnect phone
7. Windows will try, and fail, to install device, ignore that and...
8. Install driver via Device Manager:
   1. Open Device Manager (Start->My Computer, right click->Manage->Device Manager)
   2. Under Other, you should see a device with a yellow warning called ADB or Android Phone; right click -> Update driver software...
   3. Click Browse my computer for driver software
   4. Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer
   5. Select Show all devices, click Next
   6. Click Have disk...
   7. Browse to android sdk install directory and find the usb_driver directory (mine is in extras\google)
   8. Select android_winusb.inf and click OK
   9. Select Android Composite ADB Interface and click Next
   10. When the Update Driver Warning appears click Yes

(Props to craigcrawford1988 on http://android.modaco.com/topic/309154-adb-device-driver-installation-failed-on-window-7-x64/)

Sinistrorse

Note that (8) only worked for me after uninstalling devices with USBDeview, before that it just gave the error I described at the start of the post – Sinistrorse

Answer 4

I got mine working in XP by editing the drivers .inf file. It seems the Desire is not listed in it.

Edit android_winusb.inf in the adt\android-sdk-windows\usb_driver folder.

I added the following lines to the relevant NTx86 or NTamd64 section.

;HTC Desire %SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C87&MI_01 %CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C87&REV_0100&MI_01

This worked great for me.

Belshin

Answer 5

Here is a very helpful link I followed for setting up my HTC Droid Incredible.

USB Drivers Setup Android Windows 7

If you do not modify android_winusb.inf the USB debugging won't work.

Dyann

Answer 6

I had a similar problem of not being able to launch the Android app from Eclipse on real phone and not in AVD. Once I installed HTC Sync, it did the magic and I was able to use real phone.

Cheers,

Madhu

Christ

Answer 7

I had the same issue with my windows 7. Here is how i fixed that:

1. Goto Device Manager

2. If your device is already detected as MTP device right click on it > Update > Browse > Let me pick

3. Change MTP device to USB Composite from compatible hardware list, then click Next.

4. If you don't see any compatible hardware list

• Click Have Disk > (browse android sdk) > Install

Yager