ADB not recognising Nexus 4 under Windows 7

Question

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 reco

Answer 1

To fix/install Android USB driver on Windows 7/8 32bit/64bit:

1. Connect your Android-powered device to your computer's USB port.
2. Right-click on Computer from your desktop or Windows Explorer, and select Manage.
3. Select Devices in the left pane.
4. Locate and expand Other device in the right pane.
5. Right-click the device name (Nexus 7 / Nexus 5 / Nexus 4) and select Update Driver Software. This will launch the Hardware Update Wizard.
6. Select Browse my computer for driver software and click Next.
7. Click Browse and locate the USB driver folder. (The Google USB Driver is located in <sdk>\extras\google\usb_driver\.)
8. Click Next to install the driver.

If it still doesn't work try changing from MTP to PTP.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

If you have problems to install the ADB driver under Windows 8.1, try this solution: ADB Driver and Windows 8.1

Answer 4

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)

Answer 5

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&PID_4EE6&REV_0228
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4EE6

The composite device's children will have &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.

Answer 6

I have a way to fix your problem:

1. Download Nexus Root Toolkit v2.0.4: http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/
2. Install and select your diver and choose the Google API. For example, I chose Nexus 4 and selected Google API 4.4.4
3. Click "full driver installation guide..." and click step 3 tab. Choose the Google drivers.