Google Android USB Driver and ADB

Question

I am looking for guidance or a definitive answer on the following. I want to use the Google Android USB Driver and modify the android_winusb.inf to support any number of Android devices. I was able to add an HTC Evo tablet successfully, but when I try to add LG (Optimus) or Samsung (Indulge, Admire) the driver seems to install fine, but ADB does not see it.

Can you make the Google Android Driver work for any Android phone? If so... how?

I have tried many permutations of %SingleAdbInterface% and %CompositeAdbInterface% with the variations of Vendor and Product ids.

Answer 1

instead of modifying adb_usb.ini file I made changes on the file android_winusb.inf under directory android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver\ alone and it worked for the tablet MID Q88 but i copied both sections [Google.NTamd64] and [Google.NTx86]

;Google MID Q88
%SingleAdbInterface%        = USB_INSTALL, USB\VID_18D1&PID_0003&MI_01
%CompositeAdbInterface%     = USB_INSTALL, USB\VID_18D1&PID_0003&REV_0230&MI_01

Answer 2

Looks like the Google USB drivers have been updated to support Glass out of the box, so as long as you use the latest drivers, you should be able to access Glass via ADB. In my particular situation, I had connected Glass to my machine sometime mid-2014 but did nothing with it. Now when I was trying to connect it, I would not see it show up in ADB despite showing up in Device Manager. After much trial and error, I found out that I had to:

1. Go into Device Manager
2. Right click "Android ADB Interface" under "SAMSUNG Android Phone"
3. Click "Uninstall". BE SURE "Delete the driver software for this device" is checked.
4. Disconnect and reconnect Google Glass.

I was then able to reinstall the driver via regular Windows update. This forced it to look for the newest driver. Not sure why it was not getting updated before, but I hope this will help someone out there still struggling with this.

Answer 3

1. modify android_winusb.inf
2. Sign the driver
3. modify adb

I also instaled generic adb driver from http://adbdriver.com/ and it works.