If you want to copy data from your Android phone to your PC, or recover the deleted contacts and text messages on your phone, apart from enabling USB debugging, you should install USB driver for your cellphone in the computer. Otherwise, your mobile phone can not successfully connect to your computer. Consequently, this article will introduce how to install USB driver for Android phone in Windows for your better understanding.

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May 21, 2020 ADB Driver - Universal Android USB Driver. Universal ADB Drivers. One size fits all Windows Drivers for Android Debug Bridge. A single Windows driver that supports the ADB (and fastboot) interface for most Android phones. Update driver for android device: 1.Using Windows Update service. If you didn’t use automatic updating, you can go to “Control Panel” “Windows Update” “Check for updates”. After search is finished, simply select the “Android device driver” to update (for Windows 8.1).

Tips: You can also download driver package from official site of mobile phone vendor and install it directily, See Android USB Drivers for Samsung/Sony/HTC/Huawai/ZTE/Motolora/etc.

Steps to install USB driver for Android phone in Windows:

Step 1: Download the USB driver.

You can download the ZIP file of Google USB driver from the following website and extract it in your computer.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html

Step 2: Connect your Android phone with your PC by means of USB cable.

Step 3: Turn on USB debugging in your phone.

For this step, you can refer toHow to Enable USB Debugging on Android.

Step 4: Install the USB driver.

This step is further divided into the subprocedures below.

1. Open Computer Management in Windows.
You can open it by right-clicking Computer/My Computer on desktop and selecting Manage in the context menu.

2. Enter Properties of your Android device.
Click Device Manager in the left list, right-click the device with exclamation mark in Other devices on the right and tap Properties.

3. Copy the hardware id.
As the Properties window appears, select Details, click the pull-down arrow to choose Hardware Ids, right-click the id, tap Copy and then click OK, as shown in the screenshot below.

4. Paste the hardware id to the inf file in the folder extracted from USB driver ZIP file, and then save the changes.

You can paste the id to two places of the inf file (android_winusb.inf), including blank under [Google.NTx86] and space under [Google.NTamd64]. More detailedly speaking, as it is exhibited in the following picture, the data in the small box represents the id of your Android phone (here referred to Samsung hardware id), and those in the two large boxes stand for the complete information you need to paste.

5. Update driver software.

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Firstly, right-click the device with declamation mark again and select Update Driver Software.

Secondly, click Browse my computer for driver software.

Thirdly, tap Browse to select USB driver folder, choose Include subfolders and tap Next.

Then, if you can operate the data of your phone on computer, it means that you have installed the USB driver with success. Now, it's your turn to follow the steps illustrated in this article to install USB driver for your Android phone.

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If you are developing on Windows and would like to connect an Android-powered deviceto test your applications, then you need to install the appropriate USB driver. This documentprovides links to the web sites for several original equipment manufacturers (OEMs),where you can download the appropriate USB driver for your device. However, this list isnot exhaustive for all available Android-powered devices.

If you're developing on Mac OS X or Linux, then you probably don't need to install a USB driver.To start developing with your device, read Using Hardware Devices.

Note: If your device is one of the Android Developer Phones(ADP), a Nexus One, or a Nexus S, then you needthe Google USB Driver, instead of an OEM driver. The GalaxyNexus driver, however, is distributed by Samsung(listed as model SCH-I515).

Installing a USB Driver

First, find the appropriate driver for your device from the OEM driverstable below.

Once you've downloaded your USB driver, follow the instructions below to install or upgrade thedriver, based on your version of Windows and whether you're installing for the first timeor upgrading an existing driver.

Tip: When you finish the USB driver installation,see Using Hardware Devices forother important information about using an Android-powered device fordevelopment.

Caution:You may make changes to android_winusb.inf file found insideusb_driver (for example, to add support for other devices),however, this will lead to security warnings when you install or upgrade thedriver. Making any other changes to the driver files may break the installationprocess.

Windows 7

To install the Android USB driver on Windows 7 for the first time:

1. Connect your Android-powered device to your computer's USB port.
2. Right-click on Computer from your desktop or Windows Explorer, and select Manage.
3. Select Devices in the left pane.
4. Locate and expand Other device in the right pane.
5. Right-click the device name (such as Nexus S) and select Update Driver Software. This will launch the Hardware Update Wizard.
6. Select Browse my computer for driver software and click Next.
7. Click Browse and locate the USB driver folder. (The Google USBDriver is located in <sdk>extrasgoogleusb_driver.)
8. Click Next to install the driver.

Or, to upgrade an existing Android USB driver on Windows 7 with the newdriver:

1. Connect your Android-powered device to your computer's USB port.
2. Right-click on Computer from your desktop or Windows Explorer, and select Manage.
3. Select Device Manager in the left pane of the Computer Management window.
4. Locate and expand Android Phone in the right pane.
5. Right-click Android Composite ADB Interface and select Update Driver. This will launch the Hardware Update Wizard.
6. Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next.
7. Select Search for the best driver in these locations; un-checkSearch removable media; and check Include this location in thesearch.
8. Click Browse and locate the USB driver folder. (The Google USBDriver is located in <sdk>extrasgoogleusb_driver.)
9. Click Next to upgrade the driver.

Windows XP

To install the Android USB driver on Windows XP for the first time:

1. Connect your Android-powered device to your computer's USB port. Windows will detect the device and launch the Hardware Update Wizard.
2. Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next.
3. Select Search for the best driver in these locations; un-checkSearch removable media; and check Includethis location in the search.
4. Click Browse and locate the USB driver folder. (The Google USBDriver is located in <sdk>extrasgoogleusb_driver.)
5. Click Next to install the driver.

Or, to upgrade an existing Android USB driver on Windows XP with the newdriver:

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1. Connect your Android-powered device to your computer's USB port.
2. Right-click on My Computer from your desktop or Windows Explorer, and select Manage.
3. Select Device Manager in the left pane.
4. Locate and expand Android Phone in the right pane.
5. Right-click Android Composite ADB Interface and select Update Driver. This will launch the Hardware Update Wizard.
6. Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next.
7. Select Search for the best driver in these locations; un-check Search removable media; and check Includethis location in the search.
8. Click Browse and locate the USB driver folder. (The Google USBDriver is located in <sdk>extrasgoogleusb_driver.)
9. Click Next to upgrade the driver.

Windows Vista

To install the Android USB driver on Windows Vista for the first time:

1. Connect your Android-powered device to your computer's USB port. Windows will detect the device and launch the Found New Hardware wizard.
2. Select Locate and install driver software.
3. Select Don't search online.
4. Select I don't have the disk. Show me other options.
5. Select Browse my computer for driver software.
6. Click Browse and locate the USB driver folder. (The Google USBDriver is located in <sdk>extrasgoogleusb_driver.) As long as you specified theexact location of the installation package, you may leave Include subfolders checked or unchecked—it doesn't matter.
7. Click Next. Vista may prompt you to confirm the privilege elevation required for driver installation. Confirm it.
8. When Vista asks if you'd like to install the Google ADB Interface device, click Install to install the driver.

Or, to upgrade an existing Android USB driver on Windows Vista with the newdriver:

1. Connect your Android-powered device to your computer's USB port.
2. Right-click on Computer from your desktop or Windows Explorer, and select Manage.
3. Select Device Manager in the left pane.
4. Locate and expand ADB Interface in the right pane.
5. Right-click on HTC Dream Composite ADB Interface, and select Update Driver Software.
6. When Vista starts updating the driver, a prompt will ask how you want to search for the driver software. Select Browse my computer for driver software.
7. Click Browse and locate the USB driver folder. (The Google USBDriver is located in <sdk>extrasgoogleusb_driver.) As long as you specified theexact location of the installation package, you may leave Include subfolders checked or unchecked—it doesn't matter.
8. Click Next. Vista might prompt you to confirm the privilege elevation required for driver installation. Confirm it.
9. When Vista asks if you'd like to install the Google ADB Interface device, click Install to upgrade the driver.

OEM Drivers

Note: If your device is one of the Android Developer Phones(purchased from the Google Play publisher site), a Nexus One, or a Nexus S, then you needthe Google USB Driver, instead of an OEM driver. The GalaxyNexus driver, however, is distributed by Samsung(listed as model SCH-I515).