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[Guide] Fix for device not working in fastboot / unable to install official driver in Windows 10 / 11
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Thread starterVarunAgw
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1. Download the attachment «Generic Driver.zip» and extract it
2. Click on «Update Driver» in the dialog in the screenshot.
3. Browse my computer for drivers
4. Let me pick from the list of available drivers
5. Show all devices
6. Have Disk
7. Point it to the extracted folder and click OK.
8. You will see 3 new items in the box now Choose «Android bootloader interface» in the list and click next
9. It will show you a warning. Ignore it and press Yes
That’s all! Enjoy
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I am facing the same issue, after updating to windows 11 my one plus 7T driver stopped working…i tried all the possible solutions I the forums, from updating driver of Generic driver, Qualcomm drivers, and USB driver…nothing has worked…in fact I saw many members posting to update the android driver in device manager in the other devices tab which solves the issue…many have an android option but on my device there isn’t any android option..i don’t know what to do..I’m very frustrated and tensed as to what needs to be done…please if any on can help me personally it wud be really great.
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Hi,
I am facing the same issue, after updating to windows 11 my one plus 7T driver stopped working…i tried all the possible solutions I the forums, from updating driver of Generic driver, Qualcomm drivers, and USB driver…nothing has worked…in fact I saw many members posting to update the android driver in device manager in the other devices tab which solves the issue…many have an android option but on my device there isn’t any android option..i don’t know what to do..I’m very frustrated and tensed as to what needs to be done…please if any on can help me personally it wud be really great.
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I am using Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite and the ADB drivers came from Samsung and adb was working.
However, once I put the tablet in fastboot mode the USB re-enumerated and Samsung drivers didn’t cut it!
Inspecting DeviceManager gave me the USB\VID_18D1&PID_4EE0 and Google search shows this is actually a Google VID. The rest is history: Downloaded (signed!) driver from Google (specifically this) and voila — life is good!
I hope this may help others avoiding wizardry with unsigned drivers.
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I can’t get the phone to be detected while it is bootloader mode to my PC. I always updated and rooted my phone without any issue but with f.15 I can’t.
All drivers are fine because I’ve rooted f.13 like one month ago so i really don’t know what to do.
I remember once I had to install «Android Bootloader Interface» but now when I’m in bootloader mode my PC doesn’t see the phone. No «unknown android» under window devices manager, nothing.
When the phone is ON I see «ADB Interface» in devices manager, when it’s OFF nothing shows up in the list like the PC doesn’t see I’ve plugged my phone.
What am I missing?
Thx in advance
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I didn’t think I’d get to ask something like this but here I am:
I can’t get the phone to be detected while it is bootloader mode to my PC. I always updated and rooted my phone without any issue but with f.15 I can’t.
All drivers are fine because I’ve rooted f.13 like one month ago so i really don’t know what to do.
I remember once I had to install «Android Bootloader Interface» but now when I’m in bootloader mode my PC doesn’t see the phone. No «unknown android» under window devices manager, nothing.
When the phone is ON I see «ADB Interface» in devices manager, when it’s OFF nothing shows up in the list like the PC doesn’t see I’ve plugged my phone.
What am I missing?
Thx in advance
Not sure if this will help but I would run «usbview» to see what is enumerated. Since the tree is very bid these days with many hubs and USB devices already connected you might first plug-in anything known to the same USB port to see where on the tree it sits. Then plug-in the phone and look at the same spot («bark at the same tree» 
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If you nave a NIX system «lsusb» will do you similar service. Both are driver independent. Then (if the phone is recognized) get the VID and PID and google what got enumerated and you may end-up with the right driver.
In the case nothing is detected at this low level the only explanation I would have is that the boot doesn’t initialize the USB interface on the phone. That would be weird and nasty.
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While trying to install drivers using have disk I encounter a problem. After navigating to the android-usb.inf file I press ok and it rolls back to asking me where is the disk. I tried disabling driver enforcement but to didn’t work. It’s like windows doesn’t want to work. I am using a win 11 copy via parallels on an M1 Mac.
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Thanks so much for this. Much appreciated.
This fixes the problem in adb where fastboot were not recognizing the device with fastboot commands.
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Hey
While trying to install drivers using have disk I encounter a problem. After navigating to the android-usb.inf file I press ok and it rolls back to asking me where is the disk. I tried disabling driver enforcement but to didn’t work. It’s like windows doesn’t want to work. I am using a win 11 copy via parallels on an M1 Mac.
same here
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I think I got it working by making a folder called Desktop in users. This folder is usually present but is absent because of onedrive.
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