Nexus 5 vs Nexus 5x
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@rocket2nfinity I downloaded a combo file for ADB and Fastboot, yet NRT continues to say Fastboot not found. Maybe it is there somewhere though not in the correct folder. What is the correct folder? And does NRT need to be in that folder too?
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@jjconstr Perhaps take a look at this documentation: https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
You will have to open up a Command Prompt (or PowerShell) from the same directory as this ADB binary.
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@jjconstr With Windows, as I recall, the driver often has to be installed twice - once in normal boot, once in recovery to get fastboot to work. Windows should prompt you each time it detects the device in normal boot and when you put it in recovery. Install the driver when it asks. You may need to download it from LGs site or from XDA-developers Nexus 5 forum thread.
I'm not currently using Windows, but last I did, any Android tool had to be in the same folder as fastboot and adb. It didn't matter where you put fastboot and adb, as long as they and the tool were in the same folder.
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@jjconstr Than install fastboot: (Doc for Windows 7 included)
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@rocket2nfinity Hmm, get that from LG? I thought NRT downloaded the drivers. Would that be folder specific as well? N
rt directed me to open USBdeview and uninstall android ADB interface devices, Samsung USB devices, any devices resembling Nexus, or with id numbers 18d1, or 04e8. -
@stanwood Should I be in Windows to do it?
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@jjconstr Once again, running Nexus toolkit from Windows 10 is very easy. Nothing else to do... I'm afraid you'll put a mess in your W7 PC...
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@jjconstr It seems to from the description. I have never used this tool. But getting it directly from the manufacturer (or XDA) and installing it manually once in normal boot, once in recovery (maybe using one of your known working Nexus 5s) will solve the problem.
Windows will put the driver where it needs to go. You only need to make sure you have fastboot and adb installed in the same folder with the Nexus tool
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@stanwood No, not working yet. Sorry to be unclear. But the problem may be narrowed down. Maybe this folder stuff is hanging up the install. I'll also check for Nexus 5 windows driver is installed on the computer.
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Well, I can't help you further through Windows 7 (no skill to do it).
Otherwise, you can try to do so in Ubuntu:
Install ADB + Fastboot:
sudo apt install adb
sudo apt install fastbootThan download factory image here and follow instructions:
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@rocket2nfinity If I do upgrade to win 10, can I restore Win 7 later if I want? I have been making Windows Image Backups.
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@stanwood I'll certainly try that before upgrading to Win 10. I've heard some say they regret switching to it.
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@jjconstr I believe not. Try to make an iso back-up. But no guarantee...
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@jjconstr Nobody in your social circle (friends, family, colleague) has W10 and would let you do this? It's fast to run, and you only need it for a once...
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@stanwood Well, I'll try to get the Nexus 5 driver Ubuntu using your commands. Will NRT be able to access it? From Windows?
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@jjconstr You need to make sure your computer can handle Win 10 first, or you will put yourself in a special level of hell. Upgrading can take a very long time, downgrading to Win7 may also become difficult afterwards. So make sure you are confident with how to downgrade.
If it were me, I'd manually install the drivers twice -once in normal boot, then once in recovery using one of my working N5s and try the tool again before going through all that effort to upgrade Windows. But, if you're confident your machine can handle it, then upgrading to Win10 seems to be the simplest solution to get the tool working
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@stanwood I do have someone I know with Win 10. He regrets it! I'm just a little cynical at the moment regarding how easy it is supposed to be. I'm not very proficient even with windows as you see.
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@jjconstr No, you have to choose one route or the other - either use Windows, or Ubuntu and load the tool with Wine or in a virtual machine that is using Windows. This will take some research for you to use the Ubuntu options if you have never used Wine, or a virtual machine like VirtualBox.
In short, you've taken the red pill Neo....
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@rocket2nfinity Sounds like words from the wise.
@rocket2nfinity said in Nexus 5 vs Nexus 5x:
@jjconstr You need to make sure your computer can handle Win 10 first, or you will put yourself in a special level of hell. Upgrading can take a very long time, downgrading to Win7 may also become difficult afterwards. So make sure you are confident with how to downgrade.
If it were me, I'd manually install the drivers twice -once in normal boot, then once in recovery using one of my working N5s and try the tool again before going through all that effort to upgrade Windows. But, if you're confident your machine can handle it, then upgrading to Win10 seems to be the simplest solution to get the tool working
Install the drivers into windows? The tools install drivers into the phone. Will they install them the other direction?
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@jjconstr Windows is not like Linux. The drivers are (normally) already built in with Linux. With Windows (and very new hardware in Linux) you must install drivers for Windows to be able to know what to do with the hardware you just plugged in. The drivers are installed in Windows, not the phone. Without the drivers, it will tell you it detected an unknown device. Windows reads the recovery mode of your phone as another device even though it is the same hardware. So the driver must be installed again. That's just the way Windows works.
You also need fastboot and adb installed in Windows before running the tool, and the tool to be in the same folder you put ADB and fastboot
What the tool does, is to execute the fastboot devices command, detects the phone, and then automatically does what the Google factory images page tells you to do manually - install bootloader, recovery, radio, data, vendor, system, usually with just the flash-all script included in the file. You can also do this manually one at a time but this is going to get even more confusing if I go into that.
So where's that leave you? Easiest thing would be to borrow a friend's computer that has Win10 on it and try it on that. Harder but doable would be to forget the tool, and manually install the Nexus 5 drivers (remember to do it twice) and follow the instructions we provided above to flash a stock image from Google's factory images page. I would go with an OTA image first since I can guarantee all the needed files will be there. I discovered they sometimes aren't with the straight factory images.
Another option is to upgrade to Win 10 but a lot of older hardware doesn't play nice with Win10, so be sure yours does before trying. Or else you will find yourself in that special level of hell.
Last option, do some research, learn how to install VirtualBox or Wine, load the tool and/or Windows in that. Or go further down the rabbit hole and learn to do it manually -It's educational! Click the check box on your employers yearly continuing Ed requirements.
