ADB cannot detect my Kindle Fire on Windows 7, but Device Manager can
So I've thrown the book at this problem and think I've isolated the cause. I've downloaded and installed JDK 32 and 64 bit. I've installed the Android SDK as needed. I've modified android_winusb.inf inside of the google-usb-driver to include the Kindle Fire device IDs. I tried downloading the kindle fire windows 7 driver from amazon (as described in the answer here ), and using that. I tried modifying that driver to include the fire device ID in the x86 section. I've killed and restarted adb diligently, and restarted my comp several times to see if that would magically fix it. nothing. The