Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP?

From	Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android, uk.comp.homebuilt, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Subject	Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP?
Date	2016-09-10 10:00 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<nr13ku$k18$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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pamela wrote:
> On 13:35  9 Sep 2016, Paul wrote:
> 
>> pamela wrote:
>>> How can I re-install an Android driver on WinXP?
>>>
>>> In the past, I've attached my Kit Kat tablet (Hudl 2) to XP
>>> without any problem.  The tablet shows up as an extra drive in
>>> XP and basic file transfer can be done.
>>>
>>> Recently, I attached the tablet and this time XP tried to
>>> reinstall the driver.  XP correctly detected an Android device
>>> was attached and that an MTP driver was needed. but the
>>> re-installation failed with the message: "Cannot Install This
>>> Hardware ... A service installation section in this INF is
>>> invalid".   Now in Device Manager there's now a yellow question
>>> mark over the Android driver and the driver details say: "No
>>> driver files are required or have been loaded for this device".
>>>
>>> I guess the driver is still on the XP system somewhere.  How
>>> can I re-assign it to the Android entry in Device Manager?
>>>
>>> Is there a way I can get the old driver assigned to Android in
>>> XP's device manager without installing some mega pack of
>>> Microsoft drivers such as something I found on the web called
>>> "MTP Porting Kit Setup".  Whatever that it.  My XP is heavily
>>> customised over 10 years and can be a bit fragile when applying
>>> packs like this. 
>>>
>>
>> I don't have any MTP devices here to experiment with.
>> So all I can point at, is "materials".
>>
>> The purpose of posts like this, is to give you "search terms"
>> or "breadcrumbs". As without a device to experiment with,
>> it might be difficult to identify any extra steps needed.
>>
>> The drivers are actually in Windows Media Player installer kit.
>> The MTP Porting Kit (I have three copies on disk here), on
>> one of them I added the word "useless" to the file name. And
>> an examination today confirms this. I can't see a damn thing
>> of interest in there. Maybe some earlier version of the Kit
>> actually had a driver. I don't see a driver in the version
>> I've got. WMP11 should be a good source. (Note - WMP itself
>> likes to validate that the OS is genuine, so expect some
>> blow-back from using this. When doing "experiments" on
>> your computer, you should have a recent backup of C:
>> at your disposal!!!)
>>
>> *******
>>
>> I happen to have this on disk already as well.
>>
>> wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe       Date Published:    2010-06-22
>>                                    File Size:         25,740,256
>>                               bytes 
>>
>> https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/windows-media-
>> player-det
>> ails.aspx?751be11f-ede8-5a0c-058c-2ee190a24fa6=
>> True&a03ffa40-ca8b
>> -4f73-0358-c191d75a7468=True 
>>
>> Using 7ZIP (7-zip.org), I can see wmfdist11.exe inside it.
>> Which could be extracted, or by using "Open inside" you
>> can get the stuff out of the inside of it.
>>
>> An interesting file in there is wpdmtp.inf . Unlike a lot of
>> files of INF type that Microsoft writes, it doesn't have the
>> name of the file inside the header of the file. Which implies
>> the file does not get renamed in C:\Windows\INF when installed.
>> It should still have that name. You probably already have that
>> file in your INF (hidden) folder. You can adjust the File
>> Explorer viewing properties, to make the folder visible.
>>
>> If the Android in Device Manager with the yellow mark is still
>> there, you could "Update driver" and point it at wpdmtp.inf
>> perhaps. 
>>
>> [SNIP INF FILE CONTENTS]
>> **************************************** 
>>
>> So while the Samsung package is 16,007,072 bytes in size, it
>> still manages to have a dependency on outside resources
>> (wpdmtp.inf). For that part at least, it's a kind of "stub
>> installer". The folder also has a ton of other stuff, so the
>> package solves more than just an MTP issue.
>>
>> And this is the info Microsoft provides to developers.
>>
>> "The MTP Setup Information (.inf) File"
>>
>> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
>> us/library/windows/hardware/ff59768
>> 7(v=vs.85).aspx 
>>
>> By searching for the specific Android device you've got,
>> perhaps you can determine any device specific things
>> that need to be done.
>>
>> I haven't a clue how the AddService thing could be
>> throwing an error. There isn't likely to be a typo
>> in there.
>>
>> [SNIP LOG]
>>
>>     Paul
> 
> I tried updating the Android driver using "wpdmtf.inf" from my
> hard drive. 
> 
> However, XP says that my INF file doesn't list my hardware and
> refuses to proceed. 
> 
> Do I need a more up to date "wpdmtf.inf"?  I tried to get it here
> but the link doesn't provide the file. 
> 
> http://www.infdump.com/download-inf-
> files_new.php/inffiles/W/wpdmtp
> .inf/5.2.0.0/download.html 
> 
> I don't want to install MTP Porting Kits or Windows Media Player 
> tools which some people refer to.

In this example, you can see someone hack their wpdmtp.inf file
and add an identity string to get their mobile device to be detected.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1291293

    c:\windows\inf\wpdmtp.inf

    ;Device is identified by Microsoft OS descriptor
    ;If your device does not support it, use specific VID & PID for identification
    ;
    [Generic.NTx86]
    %GenericMTP.DeviceDesc%=MTP, USB\MS_COMP_MTP
    %GenericMTP.DeviceDesc%=MTP, USB\VID_413C&PID_B10B&MI_00  <--- hacked added line
    ;
    [Generic.NTamd64]
    %GenericMTP.DeviceDesc%=MTP, USB\MS_COMP_MTP
    %GenericMTP.DeviceDesc%=MTP, USB\VID_413C&PID_B10B&MI_00  <--- hacked added line

You can use USBTreeView, to get more information about the
Android device, and get values for VID and PID. They are
four character hex strings.

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtreeview_e.html

In the sample picture here, you can see the "Device ID" field
is rich in numbers for the purpose.

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/gif/usbtreeview_1.png

Using the field you find in USBTreeView that
looks like this - "VID_413C&PID_B10B" , you may be
able to do a Google search and see someone else hacking
their wpdmtp.inf for the purpose. If you're worried
about the exact syntax.

    Paul

Thread

How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-09 08:42 +0100
  Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-09 08:35 -0400
    Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk> - 2016-09-10 10:27 +0100
    Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-10 11:37 +0100
      Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2016-09-10 14:33 +0100
        Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-15 08:36 +0200
          Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-15 09:16 -0400
      Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-10 10:00 -0400
        Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-12 21:35 +0100
        Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-12 21:39 +0100
          Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-12 20:00 -0400
            Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-13 12:54 +0100
              Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-13 11:24 -0400
                Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-23 15:32 +0000
                Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-11-23 17:00 -0500
        Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-12 21:47 +0100
  Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Mike Tomlinson <mike@jasper.org.uk> - 2016-09-10 17:27 +0100
    Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-10 14:01 -0400
    Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-09-11 14:49 +0100
      Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Chronos <usenet@chronos.org.uk> - 2016-09-12 10:41 +0100
      Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-12 21:49 +0100
  Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Robin <rbw0@hotmail.com> - 2016-09-10 22:26 +0100
    Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-12 21:33 +0100
      Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-12 20:12 -0400
        Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-13 13:02 +0100
          Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-13 11:36 -0400
  Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-15 08:36 +0200
  Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Gene Malvern <gmalvern@demon.co.uk> - 2016-11-22 15:26 -0700
    Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-23 15:24 +0000
      Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Gene Malvern <gmalvern@demon.co.uk> - 2016-11-23 13:47 -0700
        Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? "Bill in Co" <surly_curmudgeon@earthlink.net> - 2016-11-23 14:40 -0700
          Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Gene Malvern <gmalvern@demon.co.uk> - 2016-11-23 15:32 -0700
      Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Gene Malvern <gmalvern@demon.co.uk> - 2016-11-23 15:49 -0700

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