ADB Drivers for HTC Desire
If you are trying to use the USB drivers downloaded from the Android SDK, you will notice that they do not work with the HTC Desire.
I even tried to modify the inf file in the USB drivers directory in my android sdk folder, but it wasnt working.
GAHH!!!
Instead, all you need to do is install the drivers via the HTCSync install file found on the SD card (click here to download), then you’re good to go 
Make sure you have USB Debugging mode turned on (Settings -> Applications -> Development)
You rock my world.
Just to clarify:
1) Connect the phone to the pc, on the phone select ‘connect as disk drive’.
2) On the pc, explore the phones drive, run HTCSync.exe which is there.
3) Once that is installed, remove and reconnect the phone. This time the ADB driver will be successfully installed.
thanks for that felix. i’ve put up the install file anyway, just incase you deleted it!
i have installed the jdk tools and all the available packages along with the usb drivers package.. now when i connect the phone to the pc it dosent ask for the installation of drivers.. my os is windows xp.. what to do now??????
nice~ followed your instructions and it works beautifully. thanks~
Another way, using the android SDK drivers is to modify the android_winusb.inf file – add the following lines:
under the [Google.NTx86] section
;HTC Desire
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C87
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C87&MI_01
;
save the file and then use Device Manager to update the driver – browse to the directory which has this modified file and viola…You should now have An Android Phone with Android Composite ADB Interface drivers
Thanks for the info with regards to the inf edit. much appreciated!
Hi Andrew,
I also have a HTC Desire which cannot connect to App Inventor.
I followed the instruction to add these HTC Desire specific lines but can not update it.
How Should I browse to the directory where this file is listed ? The Device manager isn’t working like normal Explorer.
i) Identify your device in device manager
ii) Double-click (or use the menu / toolbar) to show the properties
iii) Navigate to the Driver tab
iv) Click “Update Driver”
v) Click “Browse My Computer for driver software” (YMMD – I’m looking at Win 7 dialogs)
vi) Browse for the correct directory and click OK
vii) Follow prompts to select the correct device
Thx it works, I just wrote my first application.
Thx it works, I just wrote my first application for my HTC Desire.
Thanks it works …
Thank you!
Thanks man, this worked just fine!
Really helped for my HTC Desire!
Thanks!
2+1/2 years later and this is still really helpful, upgraded my desire a while ago so now started playing with it – couldn’t get the SDK to work at all, just wouldn’t recognise the phone…this solved it, cheers man!
HTCSync.exe wher do i find it on the memory card, it does not appear to be there on mine, this phone simply will not sync with the pc
I didnt want to install HTC Sync. So here is what I came up with.
a) In the android_winusb.inf add the following line under [Google.NTx86] and [Google.NTamd64]
;HTC Desire
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0CA3&MI_01
b) Reconnect the HTC Desire
c) If “adb devices” dont show the device, open “Device Manader” go under Other > “ADB” > Update Device Driver. Then select the android_sdk_windows\usb_driver. It should install the driver now.
Hope this works for others.
thanks a lot it worked!
James, thanks for the tip… Didn’t work the first time, but suddenly worked great the second time. I actually used the current updated HTC Sync download from HTC’s website instead of the link here.
ohh thanks for the heads up Matt! i’ve updated the link with the new version of HTCSync (now 2.0.33)
hi. can you please post a link to the original htcsync from the memory card? because i deleted it.
The link to HTCSync 2.0.33 is in the post, if you want the original install from the memory card (HTCSync 2.0.28) click here
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1349362/HTCSync_2.0.28.exe
thanks.. i will try with the version. hope it works.
no worries. hope it works out. make sure you turn on USB Debugging on your phone as well.
I just like the approach you took with this article. It’s not every day that you discover something so concise and informative.
thanks! its the little things which make all the difference
Thanks for the info. I didn’t even think to check if there were any files on that sd card! Presumably this driver will not be required if I flash a more generic AOSP based rom rather than an HTC rom…?
as much as i would like to answer that with a straight face, i can’t. my assumption is no, you probably still need the HTC drivers, because i’m pretty sure its device dependent, rather then OS dependent. (this is based on assumption, not fact, lol)
Thanks! I was tearing my hair out trying to work out why the Android SDK USB Drivers weren’t working. I never would have figured it out on my own, but thankfully this post is google result #2 for “adb drivers htc desire”!
glad it was helpful, hopefully your on your way to building some cool apps
You are my hero
any time
Thanks a ton!! I can now get http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/ working on my HTC Desire
Josh
wow thats awesome! ive just used it to screencast a video for my TipFinder app. thanks josh. also, check out SUPER video editor, great freebie tool to edit MOVs without watermark and stuff
Thank you very much. This was a huge help
Thanks for the post! After further search looks like it’s a question of device id that need to be changed in the .inf fiel of the google sdk, found here: http://blog.onlyhype.com/2009/07/06/htc-magic-adb-driver-install-instructions/
Thanks for this, I was very stuck
Wonderful, thanks very much for this quick and easy fix,
Thanks for this hint. Works fine for me
Volker
Thanks. That was very helpful and my Desire now is USB connected to XP:)
You are a star!
Thanks!! Really helpful to get my Desire connected to ADB in Win7-x64!
thanks ; simple and works fine
Thanks!!! Worked beautifully! Had tried to install drivers three times, then found you in the search – it worked first time out of the gate! cheers
I did exactly what you said but when I plugged in the phone….still the same problem cant install ADB
does your PC detect the phone at all? Once the HTCSync software is installed, the phone should be automatically detected when plugged in to your PC.
I have the same problem! ADB does not work… The computer finds the phone when plugged in as a disc drive, but it cannot find it in HTC sync.
the syncronization worked perfectly, but it stopped during a syncronization with my calender, and I cannot get the ADB installed correctly now!
Do you know how I get my computer to find my phone again???
Just wanted to give three thumbs up! A simple and perfect solution, that I didn’t manage to think of myself..
Thank you VERY much!
how do i sync music
James,
Wow! Spent too much time trying to figure out why debugging wasn’t working on my Desire. Thanks man!
no worries mate! these little things shouldn’t hold you back from starting on your next big android project
Danke
thanks
you saved my life!
Thanks man!
Was having a nightmare trying to get the drivers installed, so glad I found this page.
Thank you.
Hi James,
My htc Desir is hang up in the hboot screen and i can’t use the volume -/+ to choose recovery or reboot , I tried to connect the device with my PC and showed at the Device manager as Android Interface, when I use adb devices no device showed , please advice me.
Thanks
hey haytham,
im actually not very familiar with hboot – you might get a better answer asking on the xda forums.
hope you get your phone fixed up!
I am having the exact same problem – stuck in hboot with no response on inputs. Did you find a solution? Thanks.
device driver shows android phone but when i execute adb devices command it does not return any values. And the second command says no devices connected. Can anyone help me????
Thanks
Thanks!!!
Hi
Just installed sdk. Phone is detected by htc sync (latest version) fine. But when I type ADB devices in cmd prompt (after hanging directory) I always get the same message ‘ADB’ is not recognized as an internal..blah blah blah.
I don’t want to knacker my phone (HTC desire) but also want to install apps/games to sd card rather than phone then try to “move” them over as some are too big or won’t execute the “move” command under manage applications.
Any ideas please?
Hey. Have you fixed it yet. I’ve finally managed to do it!! I can help you.
*Have you fixed it yet?
Hi Splicage
Sorry I haven’t replied, I used my work email and have been off over the festive season.
No, I can’t seem to get it working, computer just keeps saying “ADB is not recognised etc etc”, I kind of gave up but would love ANY help as to how to get it to work!
Cheers
Jonathan
You do realize that you can just add the android folder as an environment variable and the adb command will start working.
1. Right Click my Computer -> Properties
2. Advanced System Settings on the left pane.
3. Environment Variables.
4. Edit Path Variable
5. Enter ;C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools
6. Test out adb in a command prompt.
This is assuming you are on Windows 7 64bit.
Oh and it doesn’t matter if its User or System Variable. I think.
I get same problem as above. :
None of this seems to work anymore. The SDK seems to have changed format completely (USB drivers are gone, as is ADB exe). Not only that, but neither the version of HTC Sync you posted or the newest on their website work for me. Both result in the phone saying it can’t fine HTC Sync on my PC.
This is turning into a bloody farce. Only 512MB of internal storage space on my phone yet 32GB of SD card space and I can’t bloody well use it! Why doesn’t the market just ASK where you want to install your app to when you download it? It isn’t rocket science.
Come on Google, pull yer finger out!
Read my above post.
Thank you SO much, it finally functions ………
The HTCsync was in the Tools dir on my device.
Also when you un- and reinstall AndroidSDK quite some files are moved to the C:\Temp dir
A very helpful solution to a most vexing problem. Thanks.
I have an HTC phone, so your solution worked for me. For those with non-HTC phones, you might want to promote Andrew’s suggestion to the main article, along with the link provided by phol that reveals how to obtain the magic codes (http://blog.onlyhype.com/2009/07/06/htc-magic-adb-driver-install-instructions/).
Thank you so much, I am using a custom rom & had htc sync already but I installed the older version anyways. It didn’t work but the older drivers did make the newer version run. I just uninstalled all associated drivers and then installed older htc sync & ran it. I then ran new htc & walla !
P.S. htc Aria running 2.2
Version 3.0.x is out, check out HTC official website
http://www.htc.com/www/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=324&cat=3&dl_id=1073
Regards,
Dax.
All what I say, thank you so much…
AWESOME update Thanks man……..
So nice to have smart peop[le out there. Thanks
hey there, ive got a new SD Card and i dont have the HTCSync.exe file in there! So does anyone got it, or how should i do? Because i really want this to work!
Seriously?
http://www.htc.com/www/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=312&cat=3&dl_id=1076
I am trying to synchronize my HTC desire with Outlook, and i am getting an error : unable to access PIM Folder.
Can anyone help?c
The driver link you provided worked like a charm. I had a hard time finding a website that addressed the HTC Desire. Big thanks!
Dude, thank you so much. This is perfect, you’ve saved me so much time
:D:D
Thanks a lot, James, really helpful post. Now USB driver is already available here
http://developer.htc.com/
Cheers james, these instructions really helped
Thanks James!! Saved me some time.
Uhm yeah, I don’t know if it’s because it’s too early in the morning, but I’m kind of having trouble finding which is the most updated post. I can’t do “upgrade drivers” option through properties, and I don’t get the “update drivers” option when I plug it in for me to update it with the android sdk… I’m not much of a tech guy, but I really hope you can help me with this. I perfectly understand the steps explained above but I don’t know which are updated etc. I’m trying to make it so apps get installed in the SD by default. I’d appreciate any help!
thank you SO much
thanks bro, worked great! i had to do these additional steps for win7 => http://www.androidsim.net/2009/08/how-to-1-how-to-install-usb-driver-on.html
Forgive my ignorance or foolishness.
I’m try to work thru forcing apps to SD using this
http://myhtcdesire.com/tutorials/how-to-force-apps-to-sd-without-rooting-on-froyo
and eventually came upon your site as a means of appropriately downloading the drivers.
but when i come to try and enter ” adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2″ into the command prompt i don’t know where/what these drivers are. am i missing something obvious?
FANTASTIC RESULT! THANKS so much James, now listening to all those tracks to soothe the frustrated soul! HTC Desire had all those hassles above. Installed on my Vista PC and voila!!
Thank You
hey bro i need help…. i set adb …. set pminstallLocation 2 and i succeed but i dont known how to transfer on the phone now… pls help me because im nervos i have 4.2 mb free on my phone storage and i cant to nothing i cant even open gallery.. tnx..
Awesome!!! Acciedentally restored my phone and couldnt seem to be able to reroot it on anyone elses computer after that. This was the solution. Thank you!
Thanks a lot for this, couldnt work out why my dads HTC desire wouldnt appear under ADB devices. Now i do !
Dear Friend,
I do have HTC desire phone i send to India as a gift to my brother, Its orange contract phone i unlocked the phone and send to India so he can use it in India. I finished the contact with that phone.
Now the phone is not working and not switching on its showing HTC in the middle and four corners as error symble. is it the software problem. How can download the software.
Please help me thanks in advance
Suresh.
I was struggling with this. Your blog helped me. Thanks
Thanks a ton James and everyone, hopefully i can now finally get started…. wish me luck!
You’re the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Could you please please tell me what I am doing wrong. Ifound this site and thought it a Godsend so I have followed and tried everything. I now have all drivers present and correct and latest versions, in the control panal under devices I can see that my HTC is there, but right click don’t give me many options. I have the htc sync and the sdk tools. My comp can’t find my device anywhere, I have followed all the links and installed anything I had missed and also done the adding it manually and doing comand prompt. I am lost and have been at this for 2 days now. Please help me. xx Lisa xx
Being technology challenged (age 44, at home mum), I found your site, followed the instructions….thank you for those. I can sync my phone (htc desire) BUT only partly. It tells me that my phone is “using” and will not complete the sync. PLS HELP……
It’s really very complex in this busy life to listen news on TV, so I only use internet for that reason, and get the newest information.
all I want to do is import photos from my desire x to laptop, how do I do it?
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