Nexus 5 USB driver

Question

I want to develop and debug Nexus 5 with ADT  based on Eclipse  in Windows 7 x64    As I connect Nexus 5  it appears in Windows in Explorer  so I can transfer files to from Nexus  Next step I enable USB debugging in Developer options on the phone  the phone shows notification  USB debugging connected   device disappears from Explorer and Windows tries to install a driver and fails  In Device Manager I see Nexus 5 with exclamation mark icon in  Other devices   Then I select Update Driver Software in Device Manager for Nexus 5   Browse My computer for driver software   provide path to the driver I downloaded from here http   developer android com sdk win-usb html  C  Program Files Android usb driver  check  Include subfolders  and click Next    I get the message  Windows could not find driver software for your device   I tried all kinds of tricks suggested on Internet including this topic  What USB driver should we use for the Nexus 5   Nothing helps  Any idea how to force Nexus 5 to work on Windows   Looks like Google released Nexus 5 without providing an updated driver  the last version is dated 07 09 2013  version 8 0 making it useless for developer on Windows platform

User · Accepted Answer

Currently experienced this problem with my Nexus 5, when attempting to sideload latest 4.4.1 OTA update via stock recovery.

Solution:

Open Android SDK Manager (in console get to sdk directory then run tools\android)
Download/install latest USB drivers (under Extras).
In Windows Device Manager (devmgmt.msc), right click the Nexus 5 device and select Update Driver Software.
Browse My Computer for driver software > Android SDK Dir > Extras > usb_driver

User · Answer

You should install Google Drivers from  http   developer android com sdk win-usb html top That works for me every time

User · Answer

Is it your first android connected to your computer  Sometimes windows drivers need to be erased  Refer http   forum xda-developers com showthread php t 2512549

User · Answer

Windows 7 x32 I found that no matter what I did  the driver being used dated back to 2006  It would not update  in fact Windows appears to be preferring the old driver to the new  I eventually found a way to sort it   The Device Manager contains  ghost  drivers that need to be deleted  if you have the same problem as I   To see them requires setting a variable in the registry  restarting and then deleting the likely redundant drivers   Open the Device Manager from the command line use devmgmt msc There are other ways  but this is easiest to describe  Currently it shows only  current  drivers   Open the System Properties box  Via Command line use sysdm cpl     Be aware that playing with area of your computer can break it  Back away if you are at all unsure of this       Open the Advanced tab  click Environmental Variables  Under System Variables  click New  Enter variable name devmgr show nonpresent devices  under value enter 1  Restart your computer    Re-open the Device Manager  under view click Show Hidden Devices   From here delete what you think are the problems then follow the advise you will have read elsewhere  On two seperate computers I have done this and found all I needed to do following this was download and install the standard google drivers as per user3079537 s answer above  Good luck   ref  http   www petri co il removing-old-drivers-from-vista-and-windows7 htm

User · Answer

Well  sonida s answer helped me but Here I am posting complete step How I did it   Change Mobile Device Settings    Unplug the device from the computer Go to Mobile Settings -  Storage  In the ActionBar  click the option menu and choose  USB computer connection   Check  Camera  PTP   connection        Download Google USB Driver   5  Now go to http   developer android com sdk win-usb html top and download USB Drivers --  unzip folder     Install USB Drivers and Get Connected Device   6 Then Right click on My computer -- Manage --  Device Manager     7 You should seed Nexus 5 in the list   8 Right click on Nexus 5 --  Update Driver Software    --  Browse my computer for driver software    9 select the folder we downloaded unzipped  latest usb driver windows  and Next    Ok     10 Now you will see pop-up dialogue asking for Allow device --  Ok   11  That s it   device is connected now  you can see in DDMS     Hope this will help someone

User · Answer

I just wanted to bring a small contribution  because I have been able to debug on my Nexus 5 device on Windows 8  without doing all of this   When I plugged it  there was no yellow exclamation mark within the device manager  So for me  the drivers was OK  But the device was not listed within my eclipse ddms  After a little bit of searching  It was just an option to change in the device settings  By default  the Nexus 5 usb computer connection is in MTP mode  Media Device    What you have to do is    Unplug the device from the computer Go to Settings -  Storage  In the ActionBar  click the option menu and choose  USB computer connection   Check  Camera  PTP   connection  Plug the device and you should have a popup on the device allowing you to accept the computer s incoming connection  or something like that  Finally you should see it now in the ddms and voil          I hope this will help

User · Answer

Nexus 5 with Win7 x64  -USB computer connection   Uncheck MTP and PTP  -Use a 2 0 USB port   -Try to use the original USB cable   Now device manager will detect nexus 5 as an androide device with ADB driver

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