Manually installing Android ADB USB Driver This tutorial explains how to install the Android ADB USB driver manually. Follow it if the fails. If yon don't have installed, please install it first. Open Start menu. Select Android SDK Tools - SDK Manager. Right-click on it and select 'Run as Administrator'.
Without installing proper drivers, you can’t simply root these Android devices. So today, I’ve decided to write about how to install drivers using PDANet on any android smartphone. The method has been tested on various Android devices and Windows XP/7 users.
Running SDK Manager as Administrator is very important. If you just click on it, the SDK manager will start, but will encounter errors when you try to install new components!.
In the SDK Manager select 'Extras-Google USB Driver'. Enable the checkbox and click 'Install 1 Package'.
When the Google USB driver is installed, plug in your device. Warning: The driver won't install automatically. We will do it manually in the next steps. Open the System Properties dialog (press Win+Break on the keyboard or locate 'Computer' in Start Menu, right-click on it and select 'Properties'. Click on the 'Device Manager' link. In the Device Manager locate your Android device. Then right-click on it and select 'Update Driver Software'.
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Select 'Browse my computer for driver software'. Select 'Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer'.
Select 'Show All Devices'. Press the 'Have Disk' button.
Enter the path to the Google USB driver. Normally it is located in the following directory.
Installing Android USB drivers on your PC is one of the most basic and important task to enter the world of Android tinkering. A USB driver is a piece of software that should be installed on your PC to connect your Android device in ADB/Fastboot/MTP modes. Most of the Android users stumble at this very step while trying to root their device or flashing system images. Without proper USB drivers on your PC, you can’t use tools like Odin, Sony Flashtool, Super One Click and many more which are very crucial for any Android enthusiast. Most of the manufacturers provide USB drivers for their devices but sometimes they fail to work or needs some workaround to make them work on your PC. In this guide, we will provide download links for most of the popular OEMs and also guide you through the installation process unless until the package is a simple installer file. We have also made a generic USB drivers installation guide which will work on any Android device, so we hope you will have a working driver setup on your PC before your reach the end of this page.
But before we begin, follow the below link to go through a detailed guide on how to make your PC ready for driver installation. It covers some important topics like cleaning your PC and getting rid of old drivers and disabling Driver signature enforcement on Windows 8/8.1 PCs which will allow you to install unsigned drivers on your PC. Note: We have made separate tutorials for most of the popular OEMs, so we will link them here to guide you through the process. In case of installer files (.exe), we will just give the latest download links as a simple double-click will do the work. However, most of the drivers would need a manual installation, so we made a detailed guide which will help you install manual drivers on your PC. In case everything fails for you, we have a universal USB drivers guide at the end of the page which should work for you regardless of the device make.
Nexus USB Drivers We have created a separate tutorial for Nexus devices which covers various drivers like the Google USB drivers, Universal naked drivers, Galaxy Nexus USB driversFollow the below link for a detailed guide:. HTC USB Drivers HTC devices doesn’t need to look beyond HTC Sync Manager for USB drivers. Follow the below link for HTC Sync download instructions and standalone driver packages in case you don’t want to download 130+ MB HTC Sync Manager. Universal naked drivers are also confirmed working on HTC devices. Use the manual installation instructions given at the end of the page for installing Univeral naked drivers. Sony USB Drivers Sony Mobiles has a simple solution for the USB drivers of Xperia devices, the Sony PC companion for Windows and Sony Bridge for Mac.
It’s a simple installer file and doesn’t need special instructions, just download the below files and install it on your PC. How to Manually Install USB Drivers on your PC. Download the USB driver zip file on your PC and extract it to any accessible place on your PC. Connect your Android device to the PC using a good quality USB cable.
Open Device manager on your PC. To do this, you can search for the Device manager from the Start and click to open. In the device manager, you will see a list of all devices attached to your computer. Find your device (most probably listed in Other devices with Yellow exclamation mark) and Right-click and select Update Driver Software. Select Browse my computer for driver software in the next window.
Now click the Browse button and select the folder where you extracted the downloaded USB Driver zip file. Make sure you’ve checked the Include sub folders box. Windows may ask your permission to install the device drivers during the installation. Confirm the installation by clicking on the Install button.
Once the installation is complete, the list of devices will be refreshed in the Device manager. Now you should see your device listed. It will be either be listed with your device name or as Android Composite ADB Interface.