ADB not recognising Nexus 4 under Windows 7

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I m running on Windows 7  and I ve updated all the drivers as it says on the Android developer website regarding using hardware devices  However  Eclipse is still not recognising my Nexus 4 when I try to run the application  The Android device chooser pops up  but it doesn t show anything on the hardware section  I ve turned debugging  third-party apps  and mock locations all on on my phone as well   Is this because the phone is still new  Is there a way of making my Nexus work with Eclipse   Nothing is showing up under ADB devices in the command prompt

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I had to resort to a clean install of Windows 7 x64 to fix this issue.

I tried all steps/variants in the other answers. No luck. Device Manager would show my 'Android Device / Android Composite ADB Interface' working properly with the 7.0.0.1 driver from Google, but nothing could get 'adb devices' to show my Nexus 4.

I used USBDeview to uninstall every USB device that had connected to my computer except my keyboard and mouse. No luck.

I enabled 'Show hidden devices' in Device Manager and uninstalled anything related to USB. No luck.

I added Google's vendor ID to adb_usb.ini. No luck. I deleted adb_usb.ini and ran 'android update adb'. No luck.

I brought my Nexus 4 to my brother's apartment to confirm it wasn't faulty. Worked on his machine without a hiccup.

I'm glad the clean install worked, because further troubleshooting was going to require swapping motherboards or buying a MacBook.

Boy, that escalated quickly.

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On Windows nbsp 7  with Samsung Nexus S  it showed nothing in Device Manager  the adb devices command showed no devices  but when plugged in device said USB debugging was on and connected   I used Andrea s Feb 2 answer to install the Google USB driver  which created the  gooogle usb driver directory and used RobertNovelo s Mar 7 answer to go to the link and follow the instructions  The device showed up in Device Manager under  other   I right clicked on it and selected update driver  and now it shows up in Device Manager under  Android device   and now command line adb devices lists it

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My Windows nbsp 7 installation was not finding a driver at all  The xda-forums post has the right folder to tell Windows where the drivers are --  SDK directory  extras google usb-driver    If you don t have the extras Google folder   Tim Bellis  go to the SDK Manager in your IDE and look for the Google USB driver in the Extras category  and install it  I cannot tell you how to do this in Eclipse  but if you have IntelliJ IDEA  it s near the bottom of the list  checkmark it and click  Install packages

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Some of you may have experienced this issue  If you don t find the USB driver  like me  I downloaded a bundle of Eclipse and the Android SDK   go to  lt sdk gt  SDK Manager  Open it and select USB Driver from the options to install and you are ready  I had to do the PTP mode too

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In case none of the answers work perhaps the following clarifications will help  I followed the top answer and tried to load the program with ADB from the command line to reduce the possible complications and this did not work   Once enabling PTP mode the ADB devices command would find my Nexus 4  but I could not push to it   I had to use Eclipse and in order for the dialog to display to accept the RSA key described below      Note  When you connect a device running Android 4 2 2 or higher to your computer  the system shows a dialog asking whether to accept an RSA key

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I have 2 Nexus 4 devices  One was connecting to ADB without any problems  the second one never showed up when I used the adb devices command  An additional symptom was  that the second phone did not show up as a portable device in Windows Explorer when the phone was set to Media mode   At some point I found that a temporary solution for the second Nexus was to switch it to PTP mode  Then it was found by the adb devices command  The weired thing was that the first phone worked in both modes all the time   Finally I found this solution that now allows me to connect both phones in both modes    set USB mode of the phone to MTP  Media  Using PC device manager uninstall the device - Android Device - Android ADB Interface Make sure to check the box  Delete the driver software   then set the USB mode of the phone to PTP  Camera  Using PC device manager uninstall the device - Portable Devies - Nexus 4 Then unplug the USB and plug it back in  ensuring that its set to MTP  Media  and I found that the device was correctly registered in Device manager as a - Portable Devies - Nexus 4   Solution found at  http   forum xda-developers com showthread php p 34910298 post34910298  If you have a similar problem to connect your Nexus to ADB then I recommend to first switch it to PTP mode  If your problem vanishes with that step  I recommend to go through the additional steps listed above as MTP will probably be the mode you will want to set your phone to most of the time

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For me  it was Nexus 4 and Windows nbsp 7  I reinstalled the drivers  changed to PTP - basically went through everything   Clicking the tab that said MainActivity java rather than activity main xml in Eclipse fixed it for me

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Just to confirm a previous comment  I needed to switch my connection to Camera  PTP  mode in addition to enabling Developer options and then selecting USB Debugging from the newly appeared Developer Options

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Follow Google s instructions for this  OEM USB Drivers

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Windows 7  My solution to this was to find the device in Device Manager  uninstall the existing driver and install a new one from the android folder in your user account using the include subdirectories option   All the best

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You need to install USB drivers only if you use Windows  If you re using MAC Linux  most likely it will work fine without any driver installations   in the following link they describe how to do it    http   developer android com tools extras oem-usb html  In short     Connect your Android-powered device to your computer s USB port  Right-click on Computer from your desktop or Windows Explorer  and select Manage  Select Devices in the left pane  Locate and expand Other device in the right pane  Right-click the device name  such as Nexus S  and select Update Driver Software  This will launch 6  the Hardware Update Wizard  Select Browse my computer for driver software and click Next  Click Browse and locate the USB driver folder   The Google USB Driver is located in  extras google usb driver   Click Next to install the driver

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I have a way to fix your problem    Download Nexus Root Toolkit v2 0 4  http   www wugfresh com nrt  Install and select your diver and choose the Google API  For example  I chose Nexus 4 and selected Google API 4 4 4 Click  full driver installation guide     and click step 3 tab  Choose the Google drivers

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I had a similar problem  and none of the previous solutions worked for me  and I ve just solved it by myself  after a few hours of frustration   so I m going to share my solution   My computer suddenly stopped recognizing any Android device I ve plugged in after it installed Android Composite ADB Interface for my Nexus 4  I was not able to uninstall the driver  because any attempt to do so by Device Manager was unsuccessful  Device Manager stopped responding every time    So I ve solved it this way    Switch Windows into safe mode Uninstall Android Composite ADB Interface Install old SAMSUNG Android ADB Interface Switch Windows into normal mode Plug-in Android device  Nexus 4 in my case  Windows recognized the device as Nexus 4 Install driver from android-sdk extras google folder Everything works again

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If you have problems to install the ADB driver under Windows 8 1  try this solution  ADB Driver and Windows 8 1

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My symptoms were the composite device  this contains all of the actual USB devices such as the ADB interface  camera  etc  was not being installed  This has a hardware id of   USB VID 18D1 amp PID 4EE6 amp REV 0228 USB VID 18D1 amp PID 4EE6   The composite device s children will have  amp MI    after them  If you see those  then this is not the same issue   I resolved this by coping usb inf to  windir  inf from a virtual machine of Windows 7  The hardware detected and installed fine after

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Changing USB mode from MTP to PTP worked for me

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How to do it on Windows 8  I think  it will work for Windows 7 too    Open Android SDK Manager and delete Google Usb Driver Open Control Panel -  Devices Manager -  Find your Nexus -  right click -  delete device Unplug your device Open Android SDK Manager and install Google Usb Driver Connect your device Open Control Panel -  Devices Manager -  Find your Nexus -  right click -  update drivers -  Manual update -  open android-sdk folder  enable checkbox for subfolders  -  install driver from Google Inc adb kill-server  adb start-server  adb devices should show your nexus   Do not forget  that Android 4 2 now want you to submit RSA key from your computer  look at your device screen   To enable developers options on Android 4 2  Open Settings -  About phone -  Tap on Build Number 7 times

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I had the same problem  but I didn t want to change to PTP mode  This is how I fixed it with MTP still enabled    Uninstalled Google USB Driver from Eclipse in the Android SDK Manager  Uninstalled the driver from Device Manager - click box for  delete driver from my computer  Unplugged and re-plugged my phone into the computer  Windows  improperly  installed drivers for the Nexus 4  The Nexus 4 was now showing up in My Computer like a drive  Reinstall Google USB Driver in SDK Manager  Update Nexus 4 driver in Device Manager  Everything works

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For what it s worth  in my case I was able to fix the problem simply by changing my USB connection mode from Media device  MTP  to Camera  PTP

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I had the same problem and none of the above worked  but the following solution worked for me   On my Nexus 4    Go to Settings Choose Developer options  from the end of the list after pressing seven times on  About phone   Check the  USB debugging  and press OK

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I had a similar sounding situation with my Nexus 4  For me it was an issue with the drivers Windows was installing automatically  I followed the instructions in  Q Computer won t recognize phone  - Post  8  I had some slight differences on Windows nbsp 7   For me I    Uninstalled the driver from Device Manager Let it automatically install the generic  MTP device driver  Right clicked on the new device and selected  Update Driver  Selected  Have Disk  and pointed it to  android-sdk-dir  extras google Watched an  ADB  driver install  Opened Eclipse to successfully run on my Nexus 4    Good luck

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To enable USB debugging  go to settings  about phone and then at the bottom tap build number seven times  This will enable the developer settings where you can enable USB debugging

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My solution is very silly  I had tried all the solutions above and wasted so many hours  Then I found out the solution when I browsed developer options  I didn t check mark the  USB debugging  option  The silly me assumed turns on developer options mean turns on USB debugging  but I was wrong

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To fix install Android USB driver on Windows 7 8 32bit 64bit    Connect your Android-powered device to your computer s USB port  Right-click on Computer from your desktop or Windows Explorer  and select Manage  Select Devices in the left pane  Locate and expand Other device in the right pane  Right-click the device name  Nexus 7   Nexus 5   Nexus 4  and select Update Driver Software  This will launch the Hardware Update Wizard  Select Browse my computer for driver software and click Next  Click Browse and locate the USB driver folder   The Google USB Driver is located in  lt sdk gt  extras google usb driver    Click Next to install the driver    If it still doesn t work try changing from MTP to PTP

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Just to add to the above posts for anybody struggling to get their Nexus 4 recognized by Eclipse - ADT  In the past the device was recognized by Eclipse ADT without any issues   I ran into the same problems as the original question  Every approach I tried wouldn t work      Toggling  USB debug  selection Toggling  Allow 3rd party  apps selection Allowing Mock locations Reinstalling driver Restarting adb exe   Simple solution in the end   Go to Settings -  Storage -  USB Computer Condition  Menu option from Storage Screen  Change from Media Device  MTP  to Camera  PTP

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It was a driver missing problem with me  I had enabled the USB debugging  tried changing the USB cable  tried reinstalling the Google USB drivers  but nothing came to my rescue   Then ultimately I downloaded the device drivers as suggested here   To make sure whether you have a device driver problem  go to    Computer- right click Manage Device Manager   And see if you have your Nexus shown as an  Android device  or as a device in  Others    If it shows in  Others   your problem should be resolved by downloading  amp  extracting this and then following these steps    Right click on your device after finding it in Device Manager as per the above mentioned three steps  Say Update driver software  Say Browse My computer for driver software Pinpoint it to the location where you had downloaded the drivers from the above link    Finally  your device will show up as follows     As soon as you do this  a popup will show up on your device asking for permission to debug  Once you accept  you are ready

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