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Got it working now, up and running and fully rooted.Frozen-Solid posted:I should get mine tomorrow: should I download the factory image in preparation and flash it before doing anything else? Should I log into the phone and await an OTA update before doing anything else? Unlocking the bootloader is certainly fine, though, so if you don't need root immediately just do that and then wait a bit for things to settle down.
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GutBomb posted:Except that's not how it happened at all though. Almost as soon as he was brought back as the CEO the product line was cleaned up, iMac debuted, and they made inroads into the digital video editing arena. And this was all within the first year. 3 years later the iPod debuted as did OS X. Jobs came in in 1997. iMacs were flashy but they essentially held flat in sales for years at a time even as the PC market massively expanded. iPods were launched in 2001 but they didn't hit the big time until 2003 when you could finally get them with USB (the 2nd gen had been PC compatible but only for people with Firewire, which wasn't many). OS X was a disaster at launch and remained rather unpopular for a long time. I mean seriously the first 4 years he was back, all Apple had was their failing-to-keep-up computer business and like, the Newton for a year. Then they had the iPod for another 2 years but as it was restricted at first to their tiny share of Mac OS users that didn't go anywhere at first, and then it was basically half-supported on Windows and still wasn't a real hit. Essentially, those first 4 or 5 years was a pretty poo poo time for Apple, when this was still most of their business up until 2003/2004: It cannot be understated how important the iPhone was for them - and how that took a full 10 years after Jobs' return to happen. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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# ? Nov 4, 2013 18:57 |
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Tunga posted:Got it working now, up and running and fully rooted.
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# ? Nov 4, 2013 18:58 |
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LastInLine posted:So just restore the factory image first, then use TWRP and SuperSU? I guess I know what I'll be doing tomorrow. Also maybe worth noting that I flashes SuperSU from a zip, not via TWRP's built in prompt on reboot, in case that matters.
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# ? Nov 4, 2013 19:08 |
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I was hoping to restore my handful of games to my N5 without loving with the recovery and rooting. So I decided to pull my games off my old GNex with helium....except I apparently set a backup password that I cannot for the life of me remember. Is there any way to blank that out on my GNex so I can use Helium? I guess otherwise I could unlock, TWRP, SuperSU, TitaniumBackup, Restore, unroot, uninstall Titanium, flash stock recovery, and re-lock. I just want my loving scores preserved and to finally have a phone I'm not dicking with all the time. Stupid developers, this SHOULDNT BE THAT HARD.
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 04:13 |
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FunOne posted:I was hoping to restore my handful of games to my N5 without loving with the recovery and rooting. So I decided to pull my games off my old GNex with helium....except I apparently set a backup password that I cannot for the life of me remember. Is there any way to blank that out on my GNex so I can use Helium? Unlocking will factory reset the device, so ...
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 05:09 |
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I just got a Note 2 (Sprint) used, and after a year and a half with a Galaxy Nexus I love the signal and the giant battery, but hate the bundled crap so I'm probably going to root. I flipped back a few pages and a lot of people recommend the Carbon rom. What functionality do I lose if I go for a non-Touchwiz rom? Like, does Carbon support the stylus thing? What makes it so great, and what are the runners-up? Are there any Touchwiz roms I should look at? There are about a million roms with strange letters attached (MA7, MC2, LK8) in this XDA thread and I'm kind of paralyzed for choice. I'm pretty sure I don't want to go for Paranoid Android like I did on my GNex since the main thing I liked was customizing the home/back button bar and the Note 2 has a dedicated one. Can someone just treat me like the idiot I am and show me around?
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 06:01 |
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If you have the issue where it wont boot after installing TWRP, do a factory reset in TWRP and that should fix it If you have the issue where TWRP is acting funny after installing and asking for a password on loading, do a fastboot format userdata then do the factory reset So get the OTA first, unlock and install TWRP and do a factory reset. If it works, good stuff. if it says 'failed', do a fastboot format userdata and then the factory reset As for root, once you've done the above, it shouldn't matter how you install it
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 08:24 |
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Just in case it helps anyone: first thing I did when getting the phone was CF autoroot. Booted phone for the first time and it immediately did an OTA after setting up the network. That took out root so I just ran autoroot again. This is my first Nexus - I'm used to running CM on all kinds of random devices. Would like to keep this as close to stock as possible, but I'm already missing some customisations - tweaking the quick settings panel, expandable volume panel, clicking the clock in the notification pane taking me to the clock app and not the bloody timezone settings... Is Xposed framework the "correct" way to change this kind of stuff? Not going to touch anything until the 4.4 dust settles a bit, but wondering which space I should watch.
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 10:46 |
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DashingGentleman posted:Just in case it helps anyone: first thing I did when getting the phone was CF autoroot. Booted phone for the first time and it immediately did an OTA after setting up the network. That took out root so I just ran autoroot again. I pity your soul though, following xda for meaningful information is a rough racket.
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 10:58 |
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LastInLine posted:I pity your soul though, following xda for meaningful information is a rough racket. I shall kiss my darling wife and children goodbye, then don my diving helmet before wading into the brackish depths. I think I'll wait an see with CM11. CM used to be basically the Nexus experience + tweaks which is exactly what I want. Now they're their own company and Google is basically severing their services from AOSP - it'll be interesting to see in what direction CM develops.
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 11:57 |
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DashingGentleman posted:I shall kiss my darling wife and children goodbye, then don my diving helmet before wading into the brackish depths. I fear that CM will start to look like Jelly Bean 4.3.1 rather than 4.4. That being said I think I'd rather have that with the framework mods you mentioned than 4.4 stock. You didn't mention the myriad settings improvements that are also missed but it's a lot of stuff you don't really notice until it's not there.
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 12:07 |
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nimper posted:Unlocking will factory reset the device, so ... The GNex is fully unlocked and on a custom ROM, I just am trying to keep my new N5 closer to stock. Unlocking the N5 doesn't set me back now as I haven't really used it much, still waiting on my SIM card to arrive.
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 14:02 |
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I'm trying to figure out the best way to restore data from Titanium for non-system apps... but I can't seem to find an option for that. When I logged into my account it loaded a bunch of stuff from the Play Store, so I can't just add missing apps + data, since that won't restore data for what was downloaded automatically. What's the best way to restore just the non-system data?
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 17:56 |
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Snapshot 10.2 build for the hercules SGS2 finally fixed the problem where my phone won't vibrate or show the CM spinning logo on boot-up after a restart or shutdown. Work for the S2 seems to be progressing much faster than I anticipated, which is pretty nice in my opinion. Now it's all down to waiting to see if they'll develop a 4.4 version for this old phone
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 18:17 |
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Frozen-Solid posted:I'm trying to figure out the best way to restore data from Titanium for non-system apps... but I can't seem to find an option for that. When I logged into my account it loaded a bunch of stuff from the Play Store, so I can't just add missing apps + data, since that won't restore data for what was downloaded automatically.
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 18:19 |
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So is there any reason to actually keep a GS4 with an unlocked bootloader if I don't want to do custom ROMs? I'm fine with the stock ROM with the bloat frozen/removed and root access. It looks like there's a way to update to the 4.3 OTA and keep root but I'd lose my unlocked bootloader in the process. Am I right in thinking there's no real downside here since I don't do any ROM stuff?
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 18:50 |
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axeil posted:So is there any reason to actually keep a GS4 with an unlocked bootloader if I don't want to do custom ROMs? Only real downside is that you'll also lose the ability to use custom recoveries, which let you backup your stock ROM.
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 18:56 |
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Frozen-Solid posted:Only real downside is that you'll also lose the ability to use custom recoveries, which let you backup your stock ROM. Ah that is a shame. I used that a few times back on my GNex after I encountered some problems applying updates. Of course since the GS4 actually gets updates unlike the GNex that might not be an issue. It just feels like heresy to update a GS4 with an unlocked bootloader.
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# ? Nov 5, 2013 19:01 |
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I've been playing around with different roms on a Samsung Galaxy s III (sprint) and suddenly TWRP is asking for a password when I boot into recovery. I've tried flashing different versions of TWRP through ODIN, but that's not done anything. Any ideas?
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# ? Nov 7, 2013 11:47 |
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axeil posted:Ah that is a shame. I used that a few times back on my GNex after I encountered some problems applying updates. Of course since the GS4 actually gets updates unlike the GNex that might not be an issue. If you have a GS4 with an unlocked bootloader & custom recovery, odds are very high that someone is going to package OTA's as flashable ZIPs so you don't actually have to sacrifice OTA's.
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# ? Nov 7, 2013 11:55 |
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papa horny michael posted:I've been playing around with different roms on a Samsung Galaxy s III (sprint) and suddenly TWRP is asking for a password when I boot into recovery. Flashing through Odin isn't working at all. I'm able to push zips with adb but TWRP fails on install.
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# ? Nov 7, 2013 12:52 |
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Okay. I'm unsure what seemingly 'reset' twrp for me. Finally back up and running with Cyanogenmod. If anyone else runs into this issue, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809307&page=102 may be the cure.
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# ? Nov 7, 2013 13:18 |
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I just installed CM10.2 on my VZW S4 and I have no LTE?
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# ? Nov 7, 2013 19:53 |
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I rooted my at&t galaxy S4 and now I cannot recieve or send mms messages. I think it may have something to do with a few processes I have frozen to prevent at&t updating. Either way I'm probably gonna reformat my phone. Has anyone else had this trouble? I heard there was a rom that overwrites the at&t os with the bare bones google one. I'd love to clear off all this bloat, but I was worried that I'd be screwing myself over somehow. Has anyone tried this? Edit: Aha! It was adblock plus stopping my MMS messages. I just uninstalled it, reset and it started working again. I was worried before about freezing atuff with titanium backup, but not so much anymore. I have a table I found online that says what can and what shouldn't be frozen. Though I'd still prefer it was gone. Sprite141 fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Nov 7, 2013 |
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Not rooted, but this is probably the right thread for this anyway. Has anyone with an AT&T moto X tried the new 4.4 build yet? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2517577 I'm debating because the X is working fantastically right now, but I am also curious to see 4.4.
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# ? Nov 8, 2013 18:18 |
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Just wait for the OTA, man. Installing prerelease engineering builds isn't a great idea.
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# ? Nov 8, 2013 18:20 |
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Yeah yeah good point. Patience.
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# ? Nov 8, 2013 19:28 |
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Today's This Week in CM specifically mentions the Galaxy Nexus as "having good results" in the bring-up effort for CM11. Of course two paragraphs later they specifically mention how Motorola OMAP devices are likely screwed. Basically they're saying don't rule anything out but nothing's set in stone yet either. Nice that they're expecting CM11 nightlies by the end of the month though. I miss CM quite a bit though I'm equally missing a rebased Nova.
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# ? Nov 9, 2013 20:50 |
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After finally getting Nexus 4 LTE working properly along with voice, I cobbled together my research on XDA into a more useful guide. If anyone else finds this useful, I would recommend it get added into the OP. As always, this involves rooting and editing system files. Proceed at your own risk, flashing radios incorrectly can result in a bricked phone, etc. Nexus 4 T-Mobile LTE Documentation This guide will cover enabling LTE on a Nexus 4 phone on T-Mobile's USA LTE Network. This guide assumes that you have a Nexus 4 activated on T-Mobile, rooted stock 4.3 with custom recovery (in my case, SuperSU & TWRP). Your Nexus should be connected to your computer via USB, which should have the Android SDK installed for its specific OS. Essentially, you should be able to have your phone connected, and get a valid result when you enter "adb devices" in your CLI shell of choice. code:
Step 1 - Install Hybrid Radio Newer versions of the radio for the Nexus 4 had LTE support removed shortly after release since the LTE chip never got FCC approval in the US. User morrislee on xda has managed to play with the radio versions, essentially keeping the WiFi and other radios up to date, while still shoehorning in the older LTE radio version that is still present. Download the following link and apply it to your phone. This can be done by first transferring the file to your phone with code:
or by simply using MTP if you have that enabled for your OS. You can then reboot into recovery and flash it. Step 2 - Edit System Files Even with the new radio installed, you will need to make edits to key system files in order to fix phone audio issues, and to ensure that LTE is enabled in the phone settings and that the proper APN is added to access T-Mobile's LTE network. First, you will need to backup the following files we are going to work with. You can access the phone using code:
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With the three files edited, upload them back to the phone: code:
Step A - Check APN On the phone, go to Settings > Wireless & Networks > More... > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names. Click on the APN titled "T-Mobile US" and change the Name value to "T-Mobile LTE" and the APN value to "fast.t-mobile.com". Click on the three vertical dots on the upper right and hit 'Save'. Step B - Verify LTE is enabled Open the Phone App, in the dialpad, enter "*#*#4636#*#*", the Testing menu will open. Select "Phone Information". Scroll Down to the "Set preferred network type" dropdown and select "LTE/GSM Auto (PRL)". If you had to change the network type, the modem will disconnect and reconnect. You should see the following values if you have a good connection: code:
Once 4.4 comes out for the Nexus 4, I will try the OTA update method via recovery to see if the settings in the system files are preserved. Likely, they just need to be reedited/reuploaded, along with reflashing the custom radio again.
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# ? Nov 10, 2013 08:53 |
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I'm trying to follow your guide, Tatsujin, but when my phone is booted up, adb (on Windows) can't find it. USB debugging is on. I re-installed PDANet, so I should have the proper drivers. What else should I check?
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# ? Nov 10, 2013 15:20 |
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My windows 7 laptop recently stopped being able to talk to my Nexus 4 through ADB when the phone is set to MTP mode. It works when the phone is set to camera mode. Settings -> Storage -> menu -> USB Computer Connection. Change to camera (PTP) mode if media device (MTP) mode isn't working.
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# ? Nov 10, 2013 16:24 |
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5TonsOfFlax posted:My windows 7 laptop recently stopped being able to talk to my Nexus 4 through ADB when the phone is set to MTP mode. It works when the phone is set to camera mode. Settings -> Storage -> menu -> USB Computer Connection. Change to camera (PTP) mode if media device (MTP) mode isn't working. That ...mostly worked. Now it gives the device ID and then says "offline". I've never seen that before. What does it mean?
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hooah posted:That ...mostly worked. Now it gives the device ID and then says "offline". I've never seen that before. What does it mean? That means ADB hasn't been given permission from the handset (new in JB). THere should have been a prompt on your device after the first ADB command to allow access.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:That means ADB hasn't been given permission from the handset (new in JB). THere should have been a prompt on your device after the first ADB command to allow access. Well, there wasn't (at least not today). What sort of adb commands are there that won't actually do something, but will induce that prompt? I tried bugreport and get-state, but the first said "device offline" and the second said "unknown". I'm running CM10.2, and went in and USB debugging authorization for all computers, thinking that might prod it to work, but no prompt. hooah fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Nov 10, 2013 |
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Yeah, interactions with adb and drivers in general on a rooted phone can be a huge asspain in Windows. Here is what I did in my environment if you need help: 1. On your phone, ensure that USB Debugging is enabled. You can do this by first enabling Developer Mode under Settings > System > About Phone. Scroll down to the build Number and tap it seven times. If you are doing this correctly, you should see a message once it is enabled. You can then go to Settings > System > Developer Options > Debugging and check the box for USB debugging. 2. On your computer, remove any existing drivers. First, if you have any third-party driver tools, remove them via Control Panel > Programs and Features. Then, with your phone connected under Control Panel > Device Manager, remove any existing ADB devices or unknown devices by right-clicking on it and selecting "Uninstall". Make sure to check the box "Delete the driver software for this device". Disconnect your phone and reboot the computer once done. 3. Download and install koush's Universal Windows ADB Driver here. Make sure you do not connect the phone until the install is complete. 4. When you connect the phone, you should see in the device manager that the ADB device has been installed (ADB interface > Google Nexus ADB Interface), and there will be an unknown device for MTP. I will cover later how to get that working. On your phone, you should get the prompt to allow USB debugging from the computer as long as the ADB driver is properly installed, and you first connected the phone after installing the device. Allow the prompt. 5. If you already don't have adb installed in some form, install it. I just use the Android SDK. You can find it here. Click on "Use an existing IDE" and then click on the button to download SDK tools for windows. Once installed, you can go to Start > Programs > Android SDK Tools > SDK Manager (You may have to run it as administrator). Ensure that "Android SDK Platform-tools is installed" (Don't install the Google USB Driver, since you're already using an alternative). From there, you should be able to use adb from cmd.exe. If you get a command not found error, you will need to add the platform-tools directory to your Path environment variable. This can be done under Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings > Advanced > Environment Variables > System Variables. Scroll down to Path and click on the Edit button. Copy the full string to a text editor and append this to the end if the path is not already present: code:
You can also get both ADB and MTP working. If you followed the above, you should still have an Unknown Device in your Device Manager named "MTP" when your phone is connected. You can just install the generic MTP USB Driver, and it will work. You can do this by going to Control Panel > Device Manager > Unknown Devices > MTP > right-click > Update Driver Software... > "Browse my computer for driver software" > "Let me pick from a list of drivers on my computer" > "Show all devices". On the left field, choose "Standard MTP Device", and on the right field, choose "MTP USB Device". Accept the warnings and install the driver. It should then install, and show up in the Device Manager under "Portable Devices > Nexus 4".
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# ? Nov 10, 2013 19:37 |
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Where's this ADB interface? I uninstalled PDANet and an older version of the Universal Windows ADB driver, but now I'm not even getting a device ID when I say "adb devices". Looking at the computer's Device Manager, there's a yellow exclamation mark on "Google Nexus ADB Interface". How do I fix that?
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# ? Nov 10, 2013 19:50 |
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Hmmm, for some reason the installation process didn't install the driver. The installation process saves a copy of their driver to C:\Program Files (x86)\ClockworkMod\Universal Adb Driver\usb_driver. You can follow a slightly similar process for installing MTP: Control Panel > Device Manager > Unknown Devices > Google Nexus ADB Interface > right-click > Update Driver Software... > "Browse my computer for driver software" > "Let me pick from a list of drivers on my computer" > Show All Devices > Have Disk... > Browse > C:\Program Files (x86)\ClockworkMod\Universal Adb Driver\usb_driver\android_winusb.inf. Click OK and accept the warnings.
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# ? Nov 10, 2013 20:07 |
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I just use Google's USB driver for everything and it works. It's in the extras folder of the SDK.
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Is there an official build of CWM that works with the Nexus 5 yet?
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