[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daniuhl:
Since I can't post on the actual threads yet, due to being a new account, I will be posting here in hopes that someone comes across this and can help me out.

I have done a pretty hefty amount of reading trying to get my Nexus 7 rooted and for some reason I just can't get past the part of installing the necessary drivers for my computer.

Specs:

- Windows 7 32 bit. (Administrator account)

- Nexus 7 32GB (Wifi) running 4.2.1 w/ OEM cable (Also tried a non-OEM cable)

What I have done so far with Wug's Toolkit:

- Step 1

1. Plugged in my device and made sure USB Debugging was enabled. (At this point, the Device Manager recognized a device and tried installing drivers, but failed.) So the first thumbnail is what I have in my device manager from the start. Nexus 7 under "Portable Devices" and "Other Devices."

2. I uninstalled both of the devices.

3. Unplugged my device and used USBDeview to uninstall anything that resembled "Google" or "ADB", etc. like it states.

4. Rebooted my computer.

- Step 2

1. It says that the recommended solution is #3, so naturally, I tried that one first. I followed the steps and installed the Android Composite ADB Interface drivers successfully and it even shows it under "Android Phone" in my device manager, second thumbnail, when my device is plugged in. (USB Debugging enabled)

2. Now, when I click on the "Reboot Bootloader" button on step 6 is where it just hangs with the dialog box "Rebooting your device into bootloader mode..." but my Nexus never reboots or anything. My Task Manager show two "adb.exe" processes and none ever end. I read the thread and some users were having the same problem and they got it to work by ending one of the adb.exe processes. So I have to end one of them and after a while I get a "Checking Fastboot status" then a few seconds later this message box pops up, third thumbnail. It says that Debugging is not necessary for bootloader mode, so I turn off USB Debugging and my computer recognizes a new device. So it successfully installs Android ADB Interface and I try the Reboot Bootloader button again, and it still hangs. Only this time, there is one adb.exe. So I kill it, and after a while I get the same error dialog box as the third thumbnail. Like it states, I am using driver configuration #3, so I will go ahead and close the dialog box and go to step 7.

3. Since my device is already configured, I go to Step 12.

4. I hit the "Reboot Device" button, but nothing happens to my device.

At this point, I decide to try a different driver solution. So I go through the whole process all over again, with Solution 1. Go through and install the drivers, everything goes according to the tutorial. I get to Step 3, and hit "Full Driver Test" and it hangs on "Checking ADB Status". There are two

adb.exe's so I end one of them. I get a dialog box that says ADB device not found.

Finally, I decide to try Solution 2. So I go through the whole process. Yet I still get the same hanging with adb.exe. I even tried different USB ports, but nothing.

Now, with mskip's Toolkit I never get past the "Starting ADB..." message. It just hangs there.

So the problem lies with ADB.exe I'm guessing. I'm tired and I've spent hours just trying to root this thing. Am I SOL? Anyone have anything that I can try out or the same problems?