Hey guys,
today I wanted to unlock my bootloader and I met a problem:
Windows did not recognize the fastboot driver, which Sony Ericsson has modified (Link to SE's File).
But for AMD64-Users like me, this driver does not work.
I had to edit it by myself, which was really simple.
You just have to open the "android_winusb.inf" file and look for this part:
Copy it and paste it between the following:
It now should look like this:
And if you are very lazy, you can download my "android_winusb.inf", which I attached - put it into *\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver.
Once you finished that, just turn off your phone, hold the search button and connect it to your PC while still holding the search button (boot into fastboot).
Via the device-manager or the device center you can now see a device called "S1Boot Fastboot" with a warning sign - rightclick it, press on "Properties", click on the Hardware tab and then again on "Properties".
After that click on the driver tab and press on "update driver".
Choose the option to look manually for the driver and then guide to the usb_driver folder, which I mentioned above.
Now you should be able to access the fastboot-tool via PC.
Hope I could help you and I'm sorry if I made some language mistakes, but English is a foreign language for me.
Have a nice day,
Janitor
today I wanted to unlock my bootloader and I met a problem:
Windows did not recognize the fastboot driver, which Sony Ericsson has modified (Link to SE's File).
But for AMD64-Users like me, this driver does not work.
I had to edit it by myself, which was really simple.
You just have to open the "android_winusb.inf" file and look for this part:
Code:
; SonyEricsson
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0FCE&PID_0DDE
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0FCE&PID_0DDE&MI_01
%SingleBootLoaderInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0FCE&PID_0DDECopy it and paste it between the following:
Code:
[Google.NTamd64]
PASTE IT HERE
; HTC DreamIt now should look like this:
Code:
[Google.NTamd64]
; SonyEricsson
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0FCE&PID_0DDE
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0FCE&PID_0DDE&MI_01
%SingleBootLoaderInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0FCE&PID_0DDE
; HTC DreamAnd if you are very lazy, you can download my "android_winusb.inf", which I attached - put it into *\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver.
Once you finished that, just turn off your phone, hold the search button and connect it to your PC while still holding the search button (boot into fastboot).
Via the device-manager or the device center you can now see a device called "S1Boot Fastboot" with a warning sign - rightclick it, press on "Properties", click on the Hardware tab and then again on "Properties".
After that click on the driver tab and press on "update driver".
Choose the option to look manually for the driver and then guide to the usb_driver folder, which I mentioned above.
Now you should be able to access the fastboot-tool via PC.
Hope I could help you and I'm sorry if I made some language mistakes, but English is a foreign language for me.
Have a nice day,
Janitor
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