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

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Jason picture Jason · Oct 19, 2013 · Viewed 109.5k times · Source

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:

  1. Turned on debugging mode on Nexus 7 (2013)
  2. Connected device to PC
  3. Downloaded Google USB Driver at http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html (and unpacked it)
  4. Opened Computer Management and tried to update drivers on Nexus 7 device

  5. 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."

  6. Installed Google USB Driver with Android SDK Manager

  7. Used update driver wizard with path to usb_driver folder from SDK manager, same result.

  8. Tried using "Let me pick from a list of device drivers" option on update driver wizard.

  9. Picked "Android USB Devices", then clicked "Have Disk" button
  10. 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?

Answer

DieselPower picture DieselPower · Oct 19, 2013

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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