Windows 8.1 Doesn't Recognize Mi2s

[Ssnipo]

I tried everything on internet:

- I have disabled Driver Signature Verification (http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=18860&page=1#pid379248)
- I have installed MiPhoneManager
- I have installed MiFlash
- I have installed ADB Drivers 1.4.2
- I have installed Android SDK and USB Google Driver
- I have installed drivers through android_winusb.inf
- I have tried by having Device Manager search on the drivers folder (http://bigota.d.miui.com/tools/xiaomi_usb_driver.rar)
- I have tried to uninstall all drivers with USBDeview (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html) and tried again, over and over

All this in two different desktop pcs.

It's very frustrating.
Device Manager keeps showing an USB Device with the yellow alert icon. =(

If someone has any other idea, I'm all ears.

Thank you

 

[Bucci]

Try to insttal PDAnet - http://pdanet.co/

My Mi2S works perfect on my Win8.1 without PDAnet driver, but in the past when I had any problem with whatever phone, PDAnet helped well

PS: be sure, some older equipment don't like USB3.0 cables and ports

 

[Ssnipo]

@Bucci I forgot to list PDAnet, but I already tried it too. It hangs at "Updating PdaNet on your phone...".
But I'm trying again, it's hanging at the same step over 30 minutes now. I don't believe it'll complete.

Which ROM do you use?

I'm with sMiui from @sebsch1991, maybe because I remove Xiaomi Framework/Services? Hard to believe that it's something related.

 

[Ex:Jhon Doe]

It won't be related to that Xiaomi framework. I disabled it and never had problem connecting mi2s to my PC.

Does your phone connect properly to other Windows versions? Try it first...

 

[Bucci]

Currently I have M1chaa's CM12, but it worked also with MIUI and CM11

 

[Ssnipo]

Yesterday I could test only on Windows 8 and 8.1

Right now I have tested on OpenSUSE and it worked, neither was necessary install drivers. =/

Sadly I still have to make it work with Windows 8.1, because these are my computers on my work and at home.

 

[Ex:Jhon Doe]

In Windows go to device manger and click display hidden devices. There will be your phone as a unrecognized device probably with yellow exclamation mark. Click on it with right mouse button and let it remove. Then plug in your phone again and post the result.

 

[Ssnipo]

I choosen to show hidden devices in Device Manager, after I removed everything related to mobile devices and four unknown USB Devices and then connected my phone again. Not worked.
So, I installed ADB Drivers and got nothing too.

Here is the actual state of my device manager (showing hidden devices):

If I install MiPhone Manager, it'll install the drivers for "MI 2", but the "USB Device" will keep there. Inside Other Devices (Outros Dispositivos).

 

[Ssnipo]

I removed every driver with USBDeview another time, then installed MiPhone Manager (English Version this time), connected the Mi2S, uninstalled MiPhoneManager, reconnected the phone and it worked!

There is no logic, I still have the phone as an unknown USB Device.
But now Chrome (and ADB) is listing my device, so I can do remote debugging.
https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/remote-debugging

Thank you Bucci and Jhon Doe.

 

[X4nfire]

I had the same problem with windows 8.1.It was working fine at first and at some point stopped recognizing my phone on mtp mode, only on ptp was working.I made a lot clean installs of various roms and tried a lot of what you did but didn't help, so i finally formated my laptop and voila, everything is fine now on windows 8.1.So i'm guessing something went bad and could not be undone with the usual methods.

 

[Hieron]

I think my case is even worse: when I attach my phone to laptop with usb cable, my phone reboots and gets stuck in bootloop until I unplug the usb cable...

If anyone has any idea why, please lemme know.

it happens on win7 and 8.1 machines

 

[laks98]

This is probably because your first driver installation is corrupted.

Find out the exact USB driver used by Mi on your computer, by removing and plugging in your phone.

Do a fresh dinner installation. You will be all set. Had the same issue myself someone ago.

Best

 

[Hieron]

I found that its my ROM different ROM on my other system partition works fine