Nexus 7 2013 and Win 7 64 - cannot install USB driver despite checking many forums and online resources

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I m trying to set up my Nexus 7  2013  for debugging  but I am getting stuck at the step where you install the USB driver   Here s what I ve tried so far   Steps taken    Turned on debugging mode on Nexus 7  2013  Connected device to PC Downloaded Google USB Driver at http   developer android com sdk win-usb html  and unpacked it  Opened Computer Management and tried to update drivers on Nexus 7 device Directed the driver update wizard to the unpacked usb driver folder with Include Subfolders checked  not the zip file nor the amd64 and i386 folders inside   but I get the message   Windows could not find driver software for your device   Installed Google USB Driver with Android SDK Manager Used update driver wizard with path to usb driver folder from SDK manager  same result  Tried using  Let me pick from a list of device drivers  option on update driver wizard  Picked  Android USB Devices   then clicked  Have Disk  button Pointed to android winusb inf inside usb driver folder  got message   The folder you specified doesn t contain a compatible software driver for your device  If the folder contains a driver  make sure it is designed to work with Windows for x64-based systems     I m pretty much at my wit s end  I usually try to find answers myself or from other posts online  but this one s got me stumped pretty hard    Can anyone help

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Asus Nexus 7 on my Windows 7 64 bits computer for development purposes :

I tried to install the driver for the nexus 7 manually like explained in the official tutorial of Asus

Unfortunately, I had an error, Windows couldn't recognize the driver.

I tried to change the USB connection mode to PTP or MTP by going in the storage menu and clicking on the top right menu . In both cases, windows recognize the devices but it still didn't work in debugging mode.

The only way it worked for me is by installing : adb universal installer . I scanned it before clicking on the executable, it seems to be fine.

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You can do this go to Settings   Storage  clicking on the setting menu icon in the top right hand corner and selecting  USB computer connection   I then changed the storage mode to  Camera  PTP    Done try re installing the driver from device manager

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The universal adb driver installer worked for me  I went from an HTC to a Samsung to a LG Nexus  The drivers are all over the place for me    http   adbdriver com

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cracked it after 2 hours       download this usb driver  http   dlcdnet asus com pub ASUS EeePAD nexus7 usb driver r06 windows zip   2 go to the device manager   right click the nexus device and choose properties   choose  hardware  and then choose update your driver   choose manualy and pick the folder  you opend the zip file to and press apply   3 open your setting in nexus   go to    about the device    at to the bottom of the page and press it strong text7 times    4 open the developers menu and enable debug with usb   5 finally press storage from the setting menu and click the menu that apears at the top left corner  press the connect usb to the computer  choose the second option  PTP    one more thing  if that doesn t work restart your computer  that should do the trick   they couldn t make it more simple than that

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SkipSoft net has some great toolkits   I ran into a similar problem with my Galaxy Nexus     Ran the corresponding toolkit  which configured my system and downloaded the correct drivers   I then went into Windows Hardware manager after connecting the phone    Windows reported the exclamation that it couldn t find the device driver  so I ran update  and gave it the drivers directory the toolkit had created    and everything started working great   Hope this helps

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Don  t use USB3 0 ports     try it on a usb 2 0 port  Also try to change transfer mode  like suggested here  https   android stackexchange com a 49662

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I also got this problem and found quite simple solution   I have Samsung adb driver installed on my system  I tried  Update driver  -   Let me pick  -   Already installed drivers  -   Samsung adb driver  That worked well

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Depending on the device  sometimes you are getting  The folder you specified doesn t contain a compatible software  error because the first interface isn t actually the ADB interface    Try installing it as a generic  USB composite device  instead  from the  pick from a list  driver install option   once the standard composite driver installs it will allow Windows to communicate with the device and detect the associated ADB driver interface and install it properly

[android] Nexus 7 (2013) and Win 7 64 - cannot install USB driver despite checking many forums and online resources

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