Most of the time, when I plug in a new device on Windows 8.1, via USB, the device isn’t recognized. This frustrates me as I do have the USB drivers installed. For instance: I just bought a shiny new OnePlus One – which is a wonderful device – but it isn’t recognized in ADB when I plug it into my USB port:
There is a very easy workaround to get it fixed. I found it somewhere on the OnePlus One forum, but I can’t exactly remember where. Anyway, when you plug in your device, go to Device Manager:
My OnePlus One is recognized as A0001 (don’t ask me why) in the “Other Devices”-section:
Do a right mouseclick on this device (A0001) and choose “Update Driver Software” and choose the second option:
Then choose “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer” :
Choose the ADB Interface and click next:
Choose the first one “SAMSUNG Android ADB Interface” and click next:
You’ll receive a warning, but just click yes:
It proceeds to install the driver for this device and after this it has been finished:
If you now do the command “adb devices”, you’ll see it is recognized: