Wednesday 23 April 2014

Download Latest USB Driver For Android Phones/Tablets–Complete List & Alternatives

USB Driver is essential part for any Android device. The task of this software piece is simple, its allow you to access your Android phone or tablet right from your computer. No mater you use Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One, Xperia Z or LG Optimus G Pro, you must install USB drivers to transfer data such as photos, videos, mp3 between your computer and smartphone. A driver also required to set up ADB/Fastboot properly. In this page I’m trying to explore all possible ways through which you can download and install USB driver that support your device.

The below list will help you to download the driver either from manufacturer website or from file host.

Download Android USB Driver (Android Phone and Tablet)
Samsung: Download Samsung USB Drivers or Download Samsung KIES (comes with driver)
HTC: Download HTC USB Drivers (HTC Sync)
Motorola: Download Motorola USB Drivers (Motorola Device Manager)
ASUS: Download ASUS USB Drivers or Download ASUS PC Suite (comes with driver)
Huawei: Download HiSuite (drivers included)
The list is surely not complete. As Android is free OS and manufacturer don’t need to pay unless they want a Google Play Store license, we witness a countless regional Android manufacturer. That’s why its hard to list all manufacturer’s USB driver link. However, to make thing simple I’m going to discuss few tools that most likely help you to install necessary driver.

How To Install USB Driver Manually in Windows OS

The method I’m going to discuss is ‘have disk’ method. You can visit YouTube and search for ‘manual USB driver installation Windows’ to get a better understanding.
  1. First of all you need to uninstall previous USB driver for your device if there is any. To do this, go Program and Features >> Device Manager.
  2. Unpack downloaded USB driver archive at a convenient location in your computer. For example in C: drive.
  3. Switch your Samsung smartphone in download mode and connect it to computer using USB cable. You can directly connect any other manufacturer Android device.
  4. You phone should now discovered by Windows with a name, say ‘Gadget Serial’ device.
  5. Go to Windows Device Manager. Right click on the device your phone has been discovered as (e.g. "Gadget Serial") and choose "Update driver" option from the context menu.
  6. Choose "Search my Computer...", check "Include subfolders" option and point the updater to the folder where you've had unpacked the drivers .rar or .zip archive to, eg. C:USB_Driver.
  7. The driver should install automatically.
  8. It may happen that after the installation some new "unknown device" (for example, say "Samsung Modem") would appear in the Device Manager. Complete 6 & 7 step for that device and any other new device that may appear afterwards.
  9. Restart your computer.
That’s it! You successfully installed USB driver for your Android device. It’s time to discuss about tools that may help you to simplify the task.