yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lotherius:
At this point... try and try again. Try different drivers (Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit has several to choose). Make sure you're completely uninstalling old drivers, etc etc.

The fact is... Google screwed the pooch with MTP/ADB drivers on Windows. Really.

It's bad enough that if someone told me that one of their device requirements was that they regularly connect their device to Windows to transfer files, I'd recommend they get an iPhone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] powerwagon:
Yea, use another set of drivers as stated above. I had the same issues of my win7 box not recognizing my phone. Once I installed the different drivers (sorry, don't remember which offhand), computer recognized perfectly. I think they were actually nexus 4 drivers if I'm not mistaken. I'll update with link if I find them.

Update: here is the link. http://www.theandroidsoul.com/nexus-5-driver-adb-fastboot-installation-guide/

Download and run the "universal naked driver"...that'll fix you up.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ps000000:
I am running Windows XP Pro SP3.

I browse to google usb driver file at 1st time Nexus 5 connected to USB port.

But I cannot browse into my Nexus 5 like thumbdrive ( another PC that run Windows 7, I can do this witout installing any software ) :silly:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dechronic:
With the Nexus 5 you have a camera mode and a MTP mode. MTP mode lets you view only the sdcard.

Check your Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) to make sure there are no devices that don't have yellow warnings. If there is one called Nexus 5 then right click it and update the driver with the Google USB driver.

Let me know if that solves it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ps000000:
Windows XP Say "Can not install device driver" :confused:

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Google search save me.

DOWNLOAD LG NEXUS 5 UNITED MOBILE DRIVER

LG United Mobile Driver v3.10.1 → DOWNLOAD LINK (Mirror link)

File name: LGUnitedMobileDriver_S50MAN310AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3.10.1.exe

File size: 10.9 MB <=================================================== After install this I can browse my Nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majored:
Thank you very much

Thanks for all the tips in this thread i been installing multiple unneeded programs trying to detect my device that I had mount a boot animation partition first before my system and this meant no factory data reset or usb bebugging although this passion for jaw dropping awesome modded device is ruining my relationship with my girlfriend i cant wait to release USER friendly software via XDA
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aguynamedtoby:
Why the hassle?

There should be no reason your customers have to figure this out. It should plugin and install the drivers for them or make sure windows update has the drivers needed to make this android or and other android devices work. Apple just works. For a big company and the talented developers you do have this should have never been an issue for anyone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Yo, Toby did you make an account just to say this? Android is used on multiple manufactures devices. Each manufacturer.could have it's own android drivers. It ain't Apple
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
[MENTION=6062197]aguynamedtoby[/MENTION] probably doesn't realise that this thread is not about the standard drivers we get when we first plug in the device, rather about the drivers needed in order to do the development type stuff that can't be done on Apple devices.

Not sure if Apple "just works" or not but our standard drivers certainly do.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sietze535:
Use wugfresh Nexus toolkit to install drivers
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Its better to use Naked USB drivers. ...and not to encourage users to use toolkits as they fall into the trap of using them for everything.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sietze535:
Not if naked USB drivers doesnt work
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
They're the most compatible drivers
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sietze535:
Thats true but if you install them the wrong way they wont work
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmhampton:
I'm not really sure how to describe this problem, much less search for it. So please forgive me if it has already been asked/resolved.

When I plug my N5 into my Windows 7 laptop, it gets in this loop where it seems like it is loading and unloading it. I hear the "double bonk" sound, then again almost immediately after. Also, the Windows popup that asks what you want to do when a device is plugged in keeps popping up (if I leave it for more than a few seconds, I end up with about 5 of them). ADB shows it as "device", instead of whatever it should show as.

I have verified the drivers, updated the SDK tools, and enabled USB debugging and MTP. I have also tried different cables and USB ports. I did get the RSA fingerprint prompt, and I accepted it. This didn't make it any better.

Any help would be appreciated.

Please and thank you.

UPDATE:

Works fine from my daughter's Windows 8.1 laptop, so there's definitely something screwy with this one.

UPDATE 2:

Now that I am on Lollipop, it works fine on my laptop. Go figure...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mijon:
failes too many link

Hi,

i was trying to flash image android L, first try (using flatform tool) i stuck in bootloop, i try again (using ADB, Fastboot and Drivers by Snoop 5...... i've uninstall previous SDK and driver) and stuck here:

D:\BACKUP\INSTALL ROM\Lollipop\L\hammerhead-lrx21o>fastboot flash bootloader boo
tloader-hammerhead-hhz12d.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (2579 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.200s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.476s]
finished. total time: 0.682s

D:\BACKUP\INSTALL ROM\Lollipop\L\hammerhead-lrx21o>fastboot flash radio radio-ha
mmerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.2.21.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'radio' (45521 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.626s]
writing 'radio'...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 3.181s

D:\BACKUP\INSTALL ROM\Lollipop\L\hammerhead-lrx21o>
D:\BACKUP\INSTALL ROM\Lollipop\L\hammerhead-lrx21o>fastboot flash radio radio-ha
mmerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.2.21.img
sending 'radio' (45521 KB)...
FAILED (command write failed (No such device or address))
finished. total time: 0.009s

D:\BACKUP\INSTALL ROM\Lollipop\L\hammerhead-lrx21o>fastboot flash radio radio-ha
mmerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.2.21.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'radio' (45521 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.651s]
writing 'radio'...
OKAY [ 3.126s]
finished. total time: 4.787s

D:\BACKUP\INSTALL ROM\Lollipop\L\hammerhead-lrx21o>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.003s]
finished. total time: 0.005s

D:\BACKUP\INSTALL ROM\Lollipop\L\hammerhead-lrx21o>fastboot flash recovery recov
ery.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'recovery' (9552 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.435s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.799s]
finished. total time: 1.239s

D:\BACKUP\INSTALL ROM\Lollipop\L\hammerhead-lrx21o>fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'boot' (8852 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.406s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.746s]
finished. total time: 1.159s

D:\BACKUP\INSTALL ROM\Lollipop\L\hammerhead-lrx21o>fastboot flash system system.
img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.435s]
sending 'system' (981596 KB)...
OKAY [ 33.155s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 85.544s

D:\BACKUP\INSTALL ROM\Lollipop\L\hammerhead-lrx21o>fastboot flash cache cache.im
g
sending 'cache' (13348 KB)...
FAILED (command write failed (No such device or address))
finished. total time: 0.017s

D:\BACKUP\INSTALL ROM\Lollipop\L\hammerhead-lrx21o>^A

my phone now stuck in bootloader and " writing......."

my phone was root and unloock.

help please?

im sorry if i post in the wrong thread, just tell me if i need to move my question to somewhere else.

many thanks guys
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Have you tried to re-download the factory image and flash it again?

Also, after you flash the bootloader run the commands:

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot -w
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mijon:
i have re-download and re-flash.

now i have android L on my device!

it it the "fastboot -w" that do the trick?

thank you so much! how to thanking you? - nevermind, i've found the button! thank you!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heccubusxda:
Thank you so much for this.

I literally spent hours last night cursing and WTFing as I installed and deleted drivers for my N7 and then my N5 , rebooting my PC and eventually even completely reinstalling Android SDK because nothing was appearing when I typed 'adb devices' in fastboot and recovery but listed correctly in Android.

I had never had driver problems before and have been rooted and flashing for a few years though admittedly most of this was just following instruction to the letter and not because of any deep understanding.

Boy, do I feel dumb - seems there was never a problem at all. Some lessons are learned the hard way- yikes.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiΠgpin:
ADB Sideload problem

Hey,

Thanks for taking the time to write this tutorial! I've been having a problem with ADB sideload on my Nexus 5: it can't find my device. I've went through all of these steps and it still can't seem to recognize it. I have tried various drivers including the naked driver. The reason I need to sideload is because I'm trying to convert to F2FS and formatting the partitions wipes the phone. I'm using the latest TWRP and CI3Kener's LiquidSmooth builds (Not sure if it makes a difference). My computer recognizes my Nexus 5 and I can transfer files, even in recovery. The only problem is that the command prompt can't find my device, for a reason not known to me. I've tried this on stock and Purity rom. I would really appreciate if someone had a solution to this. I'm running Windows 8.1.

Thanks!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaxRabbit:
Do you have adb access checked in the developer options of the phone itself?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiΠgpin:
Thanks for the reply! I'm not aware of any ADB access in developer options. I do have it enabled if that is what you mean by USB Debugging.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dechronic:
To get adb access sometimes you have to force the driver installation.

What I do is go into device manager and find the device with the yellow circled exclamation mark and right click and click on update driver software.

Click on browse my computer...

Click on Let me pick...

It should show a driver for you to select but may tell it may not be compatible. Click yes anyways.

If the driver didn't appear click have disk and locate google's generic driver.

Click yes to installing it even though it may be incompatible.

It should be working now

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiΠgpin:
I'll try that and get back to you, thanks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vanisleryan:
Not sure if this has been posted yet but this driver worked for me.

http://www.koushikdutta.com/post/universal-adb-driver

After installing it I opened adb cmd, put phone into recovery and then connected phone to PC, the correct driver installed and sideloaded phone with no problem.

Hope this helps someone out.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiΠgpin:
I tried this, but it didn't work. I'm really at a loss for what to do.

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The prompt says that my driver is already up to date. I tried this after uninstalling my nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaxRabbit:
http://rake.sh/blog/2011/09/23/how-...our-device-is-already-installed-in-windows-7/
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiΠgpin:
Sorry for the late reply! When I go through this, it says that the driver is not compatible with Windows x64. I have tried multiple drivers and none seem to work. I doesn't let me install the driver.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dechronic:


Android 5.0 Lollipop by Google

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ElementalX Kernel by flar2

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TWRP Recovery by TeamWin

Are you using the latest driver from Android SDK?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiΠgpin:
Yeah I am
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiΠgpin:
I've unistalled and updated it and nothings working. At this point, I'm just about ready to give up.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
If your on Windows 8 you need to allow unsigned drivers. Google it
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiΠgpin:
It just keeps saying "The folder you specified doesn't contain compatible software for your device. If the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with Windows for x64 based systems." I have tried multiple drivers including Google's own. I also followed the proccess you suggested. It's looking for a .inf file and android_winusb doesn't work.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dechronic:
I will try to upload some drivers for you to try and if they don't work I can try to modify one of the files to make it work.

Sorry. Being lazy in asking this but did you state what device I trying to install?

Android 5.0 Lollipop by Google

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ElementalX Kernel by flar2

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TWRP Recovery by TeamWin
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiΠgpin:
Thank you so much for doing this! I am trying to install the drivers for the Hammerhead

---------- Post added at 05:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:43 PM ----------

Sometimes, the rom starts loading successfully ("Daemon started successfully"), but a second later, the error message pops up
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Y94:
Hi guys, i have a problem and i hope you can help me. I have a nexus 5 with Lollipop and unlocked bootloader. I have installed lollipop with factory image. When i installed it, everything went fine: my pc recognized my nexus 5 and i could easily install android 5. But now that i am trying to root my phone i cant seem to make my pc recognize my phone. When it is on, adb recognize my phone, but when it is in fastboot mode adb just says "list of devices attached". What can i do to resolve the problem?

Sorry for my english
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dechronic:
I appreciate your effort with your English.

I understand the question.

Adb does not work in the bootloader/fastboot mode. Only fastboot works.

If you have a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM and you boot into recovery you can use adb.

Android 5.0 Lollipop by Google

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ElementalX Kernel by flar2

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TWRP Recovery by TeamWin
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dechronic:
Do you see the same thing as the picture I attached? Do you see the port as 5037?

The serial number will be differnt for your phone of course.

EDIT: you may need to type the following first, before you can see the same message I have.

adb kill-server
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiΠgpin:
Yes, I just tried this and it works the same. Do I have to kill the server when sideloading as well?

EDIT: Just tried sideloading again, but I get the same error message (after kill-server)

---------- Post added at 09:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:00 PM ----------

Have you tried installing drivers manually? Try Android SDK. I'm pretty sure that this isn't a root problem. Also, try Google's own drivers. I can't seem to post a link as I haven't been here too long but I'm sure you'll find it if you google it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dechronic:
No you don't have to run the kill-server command it is just to see the adb messages such as the port number as 5037

What error are you getting when you are sideloading?

The command is usually something like this:

adb sideload "C:\Nexus 5\update.zip"

Use quotation marks (" ") if you have spaces and it can only be sideloaded from a recovery selecting "install by adb sideload" or something similar.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiΠgpin:
Yeah, I think I'm doing everything right. I get "error: device not found." I run the command window from platform-tools where my files are located.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Y94:
Thanks for the reply. When i use adb my nexus 5 is in fastboot mode, but is not recognized by the pc. I have already tried to uninstall the drivers but nothing seemed to work. And no, i don't have a custom recovery, my phone is completely stock.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Booted into the bootloader with you device connected to the pc do you see anything in device manager on your pc?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dechronic:
OK. Maybe I wasn't clear enough.

ADB does NOT work in bootloader/fastboot...

if you wish to sideload something with adb. select "Recovery mode" from the bootloader.

You should now see the small android with a red triangle.

Hold down the power button and press the volume up button once, the options will now appear

Press the volume down button once to select "apply update from ADB"

now from your computer you can run:

adb sideload /path_to_update/update.zip"

update.zip is just an example
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Y94:
Yes, in device manager i can see "Android Bootloader Interface"
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jani Kallio:
Hi, couple days a go i flashed lollipop for my N5, before that i verify all drivers are update, but adb causes version problems all the time, finally i figured it out, i have old adb in /windows/ directory. :laugh:

Sorry for bad language.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiΠgpin:
Do you know any potential solution to the error: device not found problem? I've flashed a factory image and also tried to grant superuser access to ADB. All of my drivers have been re-updated and the error still persists. I don't understand.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] libranavi1:
Windows 7 is unable to find the Nexus 5. I tried to update using the link where USB driver is present. But in the .inf, Nexus 5 is not present, so Driver update is unable to find the device driver update. Earlier, it was working fine and Windows was able to detect Nexus 5, but after I enabled DEVELOPER OPTION and enable USB Debugging. Windows is unable to detect Nexus 5, please suggest what shall I do?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drael64:
I am going to go through this thread with a fine tooth comb, and retry these steps many times, but just in case....is there any extra tricks to getting the driver to work with windows 7 x64 pro?

LG nexus 5 shows up atm as "mtp usb device". I really need to get it to work because phone has gone soft brick (freeze, power down at logo) and recovery console doesn't run (no command error).

Oh, and I am assuming that with the phone off, it can be put into adb mode for flashing a rom or backing up data?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dechronic:
Can you get to the bootloader/fastboot mode?

And is your bootloader unlocked?

Android 5.0 Lollipop by Google

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ElementalX Kernel by flar2

+

TWRP Recovery by TeamWin
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nevrlow:
Can't get adb sideload to send a zip. Getting pissed
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dechronic:
What's happening when you try?

Android 5.0 Lollipop by Google

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ElementalX Kernel by flar2

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TWRP Recovery by TeamWin
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nevrlow:
Its not coming up as ad sideload. Just says serial number then host.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bassil2022:
It worked with my Nexus 6, THANKS!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yaz75:
All I know is I have to wrestle with Windows every F'ING TIME I want to use adb to sideload an update.

It's clunky and inefficient and there just HAS to be a better way to do this. Every time I try to change a driver I have to reboot every thing just to find out it's the wrong one etc. Completely sucks a$$.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azlan96:
I am using Universal Naked Driver. ADB works fine, but the computer doesnt recognise fastboot no matter how many times I uninstall, delete driver software and reinstall

Using Windows 8.1 64 bit
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pushkardua:
Have you tried turning windows signature verification off??
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yaz75:
The way I finally got mine to work was this:

I rebooted the phone into recovery by itself. I didn't use ADB to boot it into recovery. Every time I did that, the computer wouldn't recognize it. So I used the volume controls on the phone to put it into recovery, then I selected on the phone the option to sideload from ADB. THEN I plugged in the USB cable and BINGO it recognized the phone and accepted the update. By the way, I'm also running Win 8.1 64bit as well and I used the Universal Drivers.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quark_star:
Had ADB & fastboot working straight of the bat with the Google drivers, but couldn't get Windows (8.1 64bit) to recognize in sideload mode no matter what I did. As simple as this was, it worked like a charm. Thanks!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eosim:
work for me really thanks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evildog1:
Google USB driver, ADB driver installed and path thing added and rebooted me pc but it still give me the stupid yellow warning icon on other devices list
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Right click on the yellow exclamation mark. Then go to where you can choose a driver from a list on your computer. Choose the android adb composite interface
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bleagues:
N5 not being recognized on windows laptop

I cannot get my laptop to recognize my N5. I am running the latest SlimLP build with Franco kernel R70. This issues just popped up after no apparent phone or laptop changes.

I have uninstalled and re-installed the latest drivers, updated to the latest version of ADB and do not know where to go from here.

When I hook my phone to my laptop I get a popup that says "USB Device not recognized: The last USB device you connected to this computer malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it"

When I go >Control Panel > Device Manager> Universal Serial Bus Controllers I see a"Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)" Preceded by a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark in it on a small USB plug image.

My phone has Root access enabled for ADB and USB debugging enabled.

Not sure what to do....any suggestions?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Try right clicking on the yellow exclamation mark, then go to where it lets you choose from a list on your computer. Choose android adb composite interface.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bleagues:
I got it figured out. It was the USB cable. I knew I had everything installed correctly as I've had my N5 connected to my laptop numerous times.

I tried swapping cables and bam, worked right away.

Strange....must have bent a connector or something, that cable is the one I always use for connecting to laptop. It still works for charging.

One of them things I guess.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evildog1:
i can't see android adb composite interface in driver list. i reinstalled ADB driver again but i can't see it.

do you know where the installed ADB driver located?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Ok, Google naked universal usb driver. Try that
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evildog1:
i have no idea what you are talking about -_-
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jani Kallio:
Have you installed full android development kit? If so, adb should be located in platform-tools directory. Hope this helped.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evildog1:
no but if i install full android development kit, my SSD will ran out of space
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andromendous:
Search google
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evildog1:
why? google search sucks. it does not find anything useful and it gives me useless infomation