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I ran into a problem trying to set up a hardware device for testing Android applications using Eclipse.

After following the "Using Hardware Devices" guide from Android and going to their link in step 3 I attempted to follow the steps there. I went to their OEM drivers table and clicked on Samsung and found my product had no available downloads. However, as I continued I discovered that the driver for my Samsung Galaxy Tab III was already on my computer. This happened when I followed the steps listed under "Windows" and "Or, upgrade and existing Android USB driver . . . " and I get to the last few steps and input the file location . . .

C:\Software\adt-bundle-windows-x86-20130917\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver\

I get the following error from the update wizard: 

"The hardware was not installed because the wizard cannot find the necessary software".

So what should I do now? Are the files I have downloaded from Android out-of-date? Any help would be greatly appreciated guys!

Thanks, Mikayla

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  • One thing you can try is to check %systemroot%\setupapi.log and see what type of PNPID it found for your device. You can then add that to the driver .inf and try to re-install. This has worked for me before. – Peter L. Oct 30 '13 at 21:47
  • You can download driver from Samsung's website and re-install again. The usb driver installed from Android SDK manager is not compatible with Samsung's device. – yushulx Oct 31 '13 at 09:49
  • Peter, where can I find the PNPID? I opened the file but I do not know where that is located. – MikaylaRay44 Oct 31 '13 at 12:54
  • @user2502516 You can delete or rename that setupapi.log and plug in your device again. Windows will print the PNPID that it finds and print whether it can find a driver or not. You can trick it into using your driver by modifying the .inf. BTW, when you reply to someone on StackOverflow pls use the '@' followed by their name. That way your reply will appear in their notifications. – Peter L. Oct 31 '13 at 17:43

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Actually there is a great software that Samsung provides that includes the capability to backup the device, after downloading it the device showed up in Eclipse.

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