So for the last few days I have been trying to get the bootloader unlocked, with no progress.
What ever drivers fir adb and fastboot I use it doesn't install it. There is always a "other device" icon with an android sub-icon. If I force install android fastboot or any other adb driver be it of Asus , nexus or any other it doesn't work.
Is there a issue in windows 7?
I cannot switch to win 8 so is there a working way to get this done?
Right click my computer>manage>device manager>find yellow marked device and update driver automatically.
That doesn't work generally, win 7 users are facing this issue.
I have been trying to figure out what to do myself, finally got it working but the method was a bit of self discovery and weird. Win8 user won't have any issue with this.
dont post untill u dont know its place,cant u see Q&A section
but u got blind and posted under dev threads,whats wrong with you.
Get the thread deleted.
There is already a well narrated post in General section about rooting / unlocking bootloader... You need to disable driver signing from boot... Check there
PDANet
Install PDANet both on PC and Mobile. It will solve your problem regarding Windows 7 driver. I was also facing such problems and at last PDANet installation helped me to unlock the bootloader. Afterwards you can delete PDANet from mobile/PC.
Dude there is a nicer way to say things, I am not blind or anything is wrong with me, yes it was a mistake posting it here, which I did from mobile, but still you could have said the point a bit nicer... How do you feel right now like a boss?
"There is already a well narrated post in General section about rooting / unlocking bootloader... You need to disable driver signing from boot... Check there "
"Install PDANet both on PC and Mobile. It will solve your problem regarding Windows 7 driver. I was also facing such problems and at last PDANet installation helped me to unlock the bootloader. Afterwards you can delete PDANet from mobile/PC. "
That doesn't work, trust me I had tried everything.... Pdanet drivers as well...
Ultimately I did it though...
There is a issue with device driver parameters, which is acceptable by windows 8 but not by windows 7
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Requesting mods to delete the thread please....
As it is deemed in-appropriate.
saheb11123 said:
".....disable driver signing from boot... "
"......PDANet installation helped me to unlock the bootloader...."
.....I had tried everything.... Pdanet drivers as well...Ultimately I did it though...
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before the thread is deleted, it'd be nice if you can post in detail how you solved the win7 driver issue. would help a lot of others too, i reckon. i'm also on win7 and contemplating on unlocking bootloader, rooting etc...
Basically a normal install of pdanet driver is enough, it wont install the drivers for the phone directly . You have to do it manually though, so here is the way : The phone will be detect as unknown device or something like that. You will need to goto device manager then select the device and then install driver manually, choose from a list of devices, search for nexus fastboot device driver and install that. Voila youre done.
saheb11123 said:
....need to goto device manager then select the device and then install driver manually, choose from a list of devices, search for nexus fastboot device driver and install that....
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was able to get it working without too much of a hassle. thanks.
m0han said:
was able to get it working without too much of a hassle. thanks.
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What was your technique?
saheb11123 said:
What was your technique?
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nothing special. installed pdanet. my phone got detected easily. luckily for me, my data remained intact too. (i did take up backups, but.)
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Sorry for asking this stoopid,noob question,but I never used PC Suite.
So,I just re-installed Windows XP and all is quite smooth. So,since I have a stable Windows OS now,I'm willing to flash the new baseband (finally,huh? ).
Do I only need to install LG PC Suite and all drivers will be installed(For using KDZ/LGMDP),or I need external tools/downloads/etc.? If so anyone kindly post a link here.
Only the drivers should be adequate.
But sorry I forgot the url where I got them.
I didnt use LG PC Suite, coz then I dont need it
PS. I admire your great work Ciaox
FrenchOnly said:
Only the drivers should be adequate.
But sorry I forgot the url where I got them.
I didnt use LG PC Suite, coz then I dont need it
PS. I admire your great work Ciaox
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Thanks!
I have 2 drivers in my PC right now, I'm using win7 dont know if it works for XP.
But if you want to try I'd glad to share them with you through dropbox.
If it's OK then I'll PM the details
FrenchOnly said:
I have 2 drivers in my PC right now, I'm using win7 dont know if it works for XP.
But if you want to try I'd glad to share them with you through dropbox.
If it's OK then I'll PM the details
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Hmm... AFAIK win7 drivers are different
Found this http://www.lg.com/uk/support/mc-support/mobile-phone-support.jsp. Can anyone confirm this is working?
Well then...
Here you go..might found what you're looking for here
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Yes I got mine from there
Don't install other devices' drivers and be careful with that goddamn LGMDP... I bricked my phone with that
onlymeipse said:
Don't install other devices' drivers and be careful with that goddamn LGMDP... I bricked my phone with that
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I'm not installing other devices' drivers
BTW I just noticed that LGMobile update program isn't so stable. Firstly it changes automatically to Korean,then has some issues with Visual C++...
FrenchOnly said:
Well then...
Here you go..might found what you're looking for here
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Yes I got mine from there
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there (my link)?
Make sure you disable LGE Modem on windows Device Manager, right click on it should do the work.
Don't know about that but seems being plugged in while the LGE Modem is still active could interrupt the debugging process.
CMIIW
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Yes both yours and my link.
Try my link, they are easily listed.
Phone is recognize from LGMobile update tool. Had some (resolved) issues with drivers,but now that tool recognizes the phone,so it's all ok? i wanna be sure
Usually I ran adb command just to make sure
Driver Issues
I am having trouble installing drivers for my P500 on Windows XP using the B2CApp.
It installs 3 of them:
LGUnitedMobileDriver_S4981MAN32AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3.2.1.exe
LGSmartPhone_ModemlinkDUNDrive_WHQL_ML_Ver_1.0.exe
LGWindowsMobile_USBDriver_WHQL_ML_Ver_1.0.exe
But even then, my phones not detected on the PC.
Btw, I must mention that I am stuck on the fastboot screen, while trying to do a NANDroid backup, after ROM Manager screwed up with my Custom Recovery installation.
Any idea if the above 3 are enough for me to proceed with the below link, or is there another LG fastboot driver that I might be missing? :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088046
When I connect my phone and hit the first command on cmd prompt:
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
I get the following:
Code:
< waiting for device >
UPDATE:
I have fixed the issue. Got the drivers mentioned in this thread:
Anyone else stuck with Windows XP not recognizing the device even after the B2CApp installation, try these drivers:
http://android.modaco.com/topic/324744-waiting-for-devicefastboot/#
Im trying to unlock bootloader with the official way
however, i stucked at here,
"Enter fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce getvar version, and verify that you get a response back (for example "0.3"). This means your device is connected properly."
I dont get any responses. Need help..
ItsNick said:
Im trying to unlock bootloader with the official way
however, i stucked at here,
"Enter fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce getvar version, and verify that you get a response back (for example "0.3"). This means your device is connected properly."
I dont get any responses. Need help..
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May be your adb n fastboot drivers aren't installed properly.. Read the official page of sony of unlocking the bootloader properly.. Its very clear:thumbup: and for help about installing drivers, google it or read stickies threads in neo forum..:thumbup:
Sent from my Xperia Neo V using xda premium
re install the adb driverss.. then it ll work
got the same error fr me when i first tried to unlock the bootloader
Sent from my MT11i using xda app-developers app
Cant unlock fastboot either. Actually cant install the fastboot driver, thats what the problem is. I tried a few different methods but its always the same.
Steps i taken:
Windows 8
Install JAVA and ANDROID SDK.
Updated to most recent usb drivers
Downloaded fastboot inf.
reloaded windows with the "install unsigned drivers" option enabled
And i always end up with an unrecognized device in the Devices menu.
Basically it wont "find" the driver, when i point to it.
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Finally i tried right clicking the driver and manually installing. After it warned me that it is not digitally signed, it installed. I went and tried to reupdate the unknown device i was getting instead of the fastboot device, chose to pick from the list and the Android Phone category was there.
Installed the device Android Bootloader Interface.
Went back to command prompt and run the "fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce getvar version", but im getting no response from the phone.
Any clues?
Any help please?
Any moderator reading the thread, willing to reply? Is it a known problem not being able to install the driver?
Is there a workaround?
BLiapis said:
Any moderator reading the thread, willing to reply? Is it a known problem not being able to install the driver?
Is there a workaround?
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Follow these steps mentioned in this post and install adb driver.
http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-P/Cannot-properly-get-into-fastboot-mode/m-p/201211#M1495
AnDrOiDnEoV said:
Follow these steps mentioned in this post and install adb driver.
http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-P/Cannot-properly-get-into-fastboot-mode/m-p/201211#M1495
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Thanx. Do you have a link for the package that works?
Guy graciously updated his link, but that driver still wont load. Manually updating the unknown S1boot - Fastboot device results to no go.. :crying:
[email protected]
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Guy graciously updated his link, but that driver still wont load. Manually updating the unknown S1boot - Fastboot device results to no go.. :crying:
[email protected]
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Did you switch off the phone and did you hold the menu key while plugging the phone to the computer? Could you please post the steps you are following?
AnDrOiDnEoV said:
Did you switch off the phone and did you hold the menu key while plugging the phone to the computer? Could you please post the steps you are following?
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Sure,
Installed the JAVA/Android SDK and updated the drivers.
Turning off the device, pressing the menu button (rightmost button as facing the device) while plugging in the USB cable.
Device is found and registered in the System Manager but without drivers. S1 Boot Fastboot (or something).
Manually trying to install the drivers by pointing it to the directory of the Android usb drivers, to no avail.
Also tried installing different drivers like the ADB ones you adviced me to do, but same thing, windows searches the directory and subdirectories but cant find any compatible driver. Driver signature is turned off.
Also tried different USB ports, just to make sure im not using any USB3.0
Im using the Asus Maximus IV Gen3/Genz motherboard, on Windows8 Pro.
I hope we can get somewhere, its been months im trying to hack into the phone. Im really sick of how slow it performs
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Sure,
Installed the JAVA/Android SDK and updated the drivers.
Turning off the device, pressing the menu button (rightmost button as facing the device) while plugging in the USB cable.
Device is found and registered in the System Manager but without drivers. S1 Boot Fastboot (or something).
Manually trying to install the drivers by pointing it to the directory of the Android usb drivers, to no avail.
Also tried installing different drivers like the ADB ones you adviced me to do, but same thing, windows searches the directory and subdirectories but cant find any compatible driver. Driver signature is turned off.
Also tried different USB ports, just to make sure im not using any USB3.0
Im using the Asus Maximus IV Gen3/Genz motherboard, on Windows8 Pro.
I hope we can get somewhere, its been months im trying to hack into the phone. Im really sick of how slow it performs
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Ok. If you would like, I can help you personally on Team viewer or something. Please let me know when you are online.
AnDrOiDnEoV said:
Ok. If you would like, I can help you personally on Team viewer or something. Please let me know when you are online.
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sure let me set the teamviewer.
would u like to contact me via skype?
vassilisfz1
AnDrOiDnEoV came and saved the day! Thank you friend!
The thing is, if windows arent able to "detect" the driver-set you are pointing at, then you need to "enforce" to use it:
1) Update Driver Software
2) Browse my computer for driver software
3) ****** LET ME PICK FROM A LIST OF DEVICE DRIVERS ON MY COMPUTER *****
use the ADB drivers for the NEO V and it should work.
Hi there
I have seen some posts where users are having difficulty connecting Xperia to their PC or ADB. Therefore, I am writing this guide to help you all.
The guide was prepared using Windows 7 Ultimate but should work with Windows XP and Windows 8.
Firstly, Sony uses a different driver for their Xperia devices and therefore, sometimes you are unable to install drivers for your devices especially for ADB commands.
IF YOU ARE LUCKY
There are few ways to get around to install drivers for your device. The most convenient and easy is you plug in your device and wait for automatic detection of your device. Make sure you have USB connected as MTP in MY XPERIA in SETTINGS of your phone. The device drivers would be automatically installed by Windows update.
METHOD
If suppose you can not install your drivers, connect your xperia and then on your PC, go to My computer > Properties>Device Manager.
You should see an undetected hardware with a yellow exclamation mark over it. Open it and click on update my drivers. Then choose GOOGLE DRIVERS by choosing hard-drive. This should install the drivers for you. If this doesnot work. Try the attachment with the post where the drivers are modified to work with Sony Xperia Devices.
Follow the same steps but this time choose the attachment folder to search for drivers. It might say, the drivers are not verified. Just Ignore it and carry on installing them. You will need to unzip these files.
IF suppose you do not see any exclamation mark while you connect your xperia. Just go to control panel and add new hardware. Select, I will choose my device and then install from hard-disk. Select the folder where you have unzipped the files and you are good to go. The name of new hardware is not important as windows will read the drivers files and install drivers for Xperia.
This will install all drivers for your device. If there are two or more drivers while installing them. Redo the steps and install all of them individually.
Suppose your ADB still doesnot work, then
FOR ADB DRIVERS :
Download the ADB Universal Drivers and connect your device. Then hit install. The ADB drivers will be automatically detected and installed.
Further, if these tricks fail, you can delete the unknown driver from your control panel and then try finding it again by using refresh button(scan for new hardware changes) in device manager.
Another trick is to click on unknown drivers and delete them. Connect your phone to the PC and restart your phone. Then scan for new hardware in device manager. The drivers should be installed for your device.
If still there are some problems, I will try to help you out.
DOWNLOAD LINKS
DOWNLOAD GOOGLE DRIVERS FOR MTP/ PC ETC
https://dl-ssl.google.com//android/repository/latest_usb_driver_windows.zip
DOWNLOAD UNIVERSAL ADB DRIVERS HERE :
http://adbdriver.com/upload/AdbDriverInstaller.exe
Sony Xperia Drivers for ADB.
DOWNLOAD FROM HERE
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it works on win 8.1?
jatinrungta said:
it works on win 8.1?
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No,I dont know who reads this tutorials anyway wnen there already 10 of them for this particular issue.
Sent from my Xperia U using Tapatalk
XperianPro said:
No,I dont know who reads this tutorials anyway wnen there already 10 of them for this particular issue.
Sent from my Xperia U using Tapatalk
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true that, thought it would work beacuse it is posted this week
XperianPro said:
No,I dont know who reads this tutorials anyway wnen there already 10 of them for this particular issue.
Sent from my Xperia U using Tapatalk
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true that, thought it would work beacuse it is posted this week
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These drivers are seem to work perfectly on Windows 7 and it should work just fine on any other windows!
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These drivers are seem to work perfectly on Windows 7 and it should work just fine on any other windows!
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nope, windows 8+ is different
I'm getting a lot of problems with drivers for this device, seems Sony's guys did it just to say:
"Ok, now this device got some drivers, lets play poker :"
It's serious. To get ADB driver working was a lot of work, just got it working because our friend Ashu1307 posted this link for me ( maybe it can work for ya= http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552505)
Ok, that's nice since it was the only driver that's not working on windows 7.
I said windows 7
Now I'm on windows XP, tryied 2 machines already, and this goddam piece of **** don't have any driver working. Nothing, neither MTP, nor fastboot nor ADB nor flashmode (mass storage works, the ones I've quoted are detected, but don't work)
PC companion is another thing I'm hating. First I have to download the Web Installer, 27MB of nothing, since after the download it has to update because the sony's website offers outdated file. THen I download support zone, which detects phone but not the model.
What do I do? I'm going weird just about to break this phone on the wall, I never had so much problems on motorola's or samsung's or enen old sony ericsson's devices.
Before,my PC used to display an error whenever I tried to transfer files from my pc to my Xperia Sola.But after changing the kernel,I could transfer files with ease.So,do you think the problem in the kernel is related to this error?
I never had problem with drivers.
Trying another computer, still having the problems, I use the DoomKernel, do you think it has to do with it ?
Hey!
This is my first time posting, but I have read tons of threads on here over the last year or so with my Droid DNA.
A while ago, I rooted my DNA, and unlocked the Bootloader, and used moonshine for S-OFF. I now want to undo all that I have done. Wiping data is no issue, I backed up all my info. I plan to get a new phone soon. Basically, I can't get adb drivers to work. So I deleted my drivers, and installed the ones mentioned in the thread linked below, and I can't find how to get these drivers to work.
My plan is to follow this thread, using step 3 (for moonshine). I have TWRP installed, and flashed the lock_bootlader.zip file provided there. I cannot get adb to work, however, for the next step. For example, "adb devices" returns no devices. And thus i cannot use adb commands. When I run "adb devices", it shows this. What do I do??
Thanks
Some more clarification:
I might also add that Device manager shows my phone as "HTC6435LVW", under "Portable Devices". It seems to recognize it as an MTP Device when I try to update the drivers, and won't let me update the drivers, because "The best driver software for your device is already installed".
In addition, HTC Sync Manager does not recognize my phone either. I should mention that I already chose "Reset Phone" from the Settings menu, and then also did a Factory Reset from TWRP.
I'm so confused by all this - Why can't I get ADB to recognize it?? I have been and will continue to be searching for solutions to this problem here on XDA and also on Google. And do I even need to do all this to give my phone back to Verizon?
Try getting the drivers from PDAnet. If you are using Windoze 8 or 8.1 , good luck.
RLGL said:
Try getting the drivers from PDAnet. If you are using Windoze 8 or 8.1 , good luck.
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I tried that, it gets stuck at the USB Driver Installation page, when it asks to connect your phone. I have USB debugging enabled, and I even installed PdaNet on my phone to try to use their "USB Mode". The DNA has not USB options for Mass Storage, etc like the pdanet driver help page ( pdanet . co / driver ) (It wont let me post a link because I'm a new user, sorry) tells me to look for.
Windows device manager does not recognize it as an Android phone, but instead as a portable device, could this be a problem?
Thanks for your reply
I am very interested in this as I am having a similar problem. This is the guide I attempted numerous times with no success http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293919.
av ed said:
I am very interested in this as I am having a similar problem. This is the guide I attempted numerous times with no success http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293919.
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Ok thanks I will try this when I get home. Glad to see I'm not the only one with the problem!
EDIT: Thats the thread I am following, as I stated in the OP.
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I tried that, it gets stuck at the USB Driver Installation page, when it asks to connect your phone. I have USB debugging enabled, and I even installed PdaNet on my phone to try to use their "USB Mode". The DNA has not USB options for Mass Storage, etc like the pdanet driver help page ( pdanet . co / driver ) (It wont let me post a link because I'm a new user, sorry) tells me to look for.
Windows device manager does not recognize it as an Android phone, but instead as a portable device, could this be a problem?
Thanks for your reply
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My device manager shows 2 entries:
Portable device
HTC6435LVW
and
Android USB Device
My HTC
You did not state the OS your computer has.........
See post from Santod040
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My device manager shows 2 entries:
Portable device
HTC6435LVW
and
Android USB Device
My HTC
You did not state the OS your computer has.........
See post from Santod040
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Windows 7, and my Device Manager does NOT show the Android USB Device>My HTC. Thats the problem that I am asking for help with, the USB drivers.
antrom1818 said:
Windows 7, and my Device Manager does NOT show the Android USB Device>My HTC. Thats the problem that I am asking for help with, the USB drivers.
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Try a different cable.
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Try a different cable.
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Thanks for the suggestion, I will try it when I get home and report back with an edit to this post!
EDIT: Nope, didn't work. Momentarily, I got it to install drivers. During that time, adb worked but not fastboot. So then I deleted the drivers to try to reinstall for fastboot, and now neither of them works.
ive been trying to get fastboot drivers onto my z5c for 2 hours now, device manager with some xiaomi drivers, disable driver updates when restarting my pc, the whole shpeal, but nothing has worked as the damned message "the best drivers are already installed, windows has determined" yada yada yada, i was wondering if anyone could help? anything will be appreciated, any info will be provided if need be.
Try linux
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Try linux
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Darn
I'm sorry for my short, but honest, comment.
But Windows is notorious for its quirks of allegedly mismatched drivers.
This rarely happens with Linux.
MrTheyes said:
ive been trying to get fastboot drivers onto my z5c for 2 hours now, device manager with some xiaomi drivers, disable driver updates when restarting my pc, the whole shpeal, but nothing has worked as the damned message "the best drivers are already installed, windows has determined" yada yada yada, i was wondering if anyone could help? anything will be appreciated, any info will be provided if need be.
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Do you still need help installing drivers?
MrTheyes said:
ive been trying to get fastboot drivers onto my z5c for 2 hours now, device manager with some xiaomi drivers, disable driver updates when restarting my pc, the whole shpeal, but nothing has worked as the damned message "the best drivers are already installed, windows has determined" yada yada yada, i was wondering if anyone could help? anything will be appreciated, any info will be provided if need be.
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My SXZ5C (and SXZ1C) were not listed with 'fastboot devices'. So I installed this https://adb.clockworkmod.com/ and then (more or less) followed a guide :
1) Device manager
2) Right click on device (the android device with the yellow warning signal).
3) 'Update driver'
4) 'Browse my computer for drivers'
5) 'Let me pick from a list [...]'
6) Clicked the only one that appeared (don't remember it's name, because now my SXZ5C is installed as 'Android Composite ADB Interface' and not as whatever it was before I succeeded). Also possible it has nothing to do with the Universal ADB Drivers linked at the beginning, because I already installed a bunch of different stuff I don't remember.)
7) Then I could proceed as planed as my devices were now listed.
That is the guide I used : https://stackoverflow.com/a/35076765
Adb works here under windows 11 with the drivers bundled by microsoft like a charm.
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Do you still need help installing drivers?
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since i usually use windows 10 for pretty much everything, i do need a sorta walkthrough on how to install the drivers on ubuntu, cause im not really up to date with this terminal stuff
Code:
sudo apt-get install adb fastboot
The package that comes with Ubuntu Mate is broken, adb-pair does not work, how you will get on I don't know, it may be better to use the official adb.
There are instructions for installing adb on Linux here
Using ADB and fastboot | LineageOS Wiki
wiki.lineageos.org
Just extract adb somewhere and add it to your $path
I'm using the adb version that came with Xubuntu since many years now without any problems.
Is this problem solved? A feedback would be nice...
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Is this problem solved? A feedback would be nice...
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I gave the phone to my friend and he just hasn't been out with it for a bit, but what I do remember is not knowing how to install adb, how to run anything since I was using Ubuntu from Rufus on a usb (not installed) and yeah, a walkthrough or something would hundred percent be appreciated
In the post #10 is a kind of walkthrough...
Berni-0815 said:
In the post #10 is a kind of walkthrough...
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Ah **** yeah sorry, been a bit since I saw that
(PEBKAC, deleted - sorry)